The word 'pretends' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It can be used as a verb to describe the action of behaving or acting in a way that is not genuine or sincere. Example: "She pretends to be happy, but I can tell she's really struggling with her recent breakup."
Another painting he created at this time, The Fortune Teller, shows a young woman deftly removing a man's ring as she pretends to read his palm.
But this is more complicated than Davies pretends.
But the Alliance for Choice organisation described the Maginness-Girvan motion as "hypocrisy" because it pretends abortion does not happen in Northern Ireland.
It pretends to be about mutual respect, specifically that between the settlers and the indigenous people of North America.
The Green party pretends to be idealistic and ambitious but encourages defeatism with its complete refusal to accept that there has been progress in tackling climate change.
The nappy pat pretends to be affectionate and inclusive, but its real purpose is to remind the other person who is in charge.
"It's a bit fraudulent – everyone pretends they never knew him.
She pretends to sniff the air – "In Corsica, all you can smell is the herbs and flowers.
Though the C of E and Catholics will be legally banned from conducting weddings, he pretends to fear his priests will be dragged by the European courts to the altar to conduct same-sex marriages against their deepest disgust.
It has fewer qualms about buying debt or, indeed, large amounts of foreign assets to hold down the Swiss franc.The deeper difference is that Switzerland is a federation that calls itself a confederation, whereas the euro pretends to be a federal currency but actually preserves 18 sets of national economic and fiscal policies.
He comes from America to Turin to meet a girl, Cass Cleave, who has discovered that he is not who he pretends to be.
