Sentence examples for pretense to from inspiring English sources

There is no pretense to naturalism.

"They have no pretense to objectivity.

Spinoza also questioned the human pretense to autonomy.

But any pretense to being a world-class outfit was hard to justify in such surroundings.

But he seemed uneasy about the collapse of any pretense to Yemeni sovereignty over the north.

No one really knows, and every pretense to explanation is merely the formation of another myth.

But Russia undermines its pretense to modern statehood with such an appalling abuse of state power.

Patient uses this as a pretense to quarantine himself from friends and family.

From here on in, remaining unapologetic is our one remaining pretense to that mightier life.

He brings a similar lack of pretense to living in the fabled house.

But our book makes no pretense to offer policy prescriptions, or tell United States officials how to do their jobs.