Sentence examples for pretended to prepare from inspiring English sources

He used a quarrel with Tissaphernes over the Ionian cities as a pretext for gathering a large army and also pretended to prepare an expedition to Pisidia, in the Taurus Mountains.

As a child, he would order around the children of other noblemen as "regiments" pretending to prepare for war.

At that time he had still pretended to talk easily about his war and had prepared little discourses and picaresque anecdotes to recite on demand.

I pretended to cry.

He only pretended to.

Marty pretended to know.

Others pretended to faint.

He pretended to groan.

He pretended to be asleep.

Nobody even pretended to understand.

Some dozed, or pretended to.