Sentence examples for pretext is from inspiring English sources

The least pretext is enough.

The seasonal pretext is entertaining but thin; the steps and phrases are absorbing and rich.

Any and every pretext is found for displaying concealing-yet-revealing body-clinging gowns and underwear.

The US-UK invasion, utterly without credible pretext, is the major crime of the 21st century.

Marmande's pretext is the release of a few new filmed portraits of musicians.

With Tinder, the pretext is to hook-up, but the real pleasure is derived from the Tindering process.

Again, the pretext was corruption.

"The pretext was that I was a card-carrying communist.

Don't ask me what my legal pretext was.

The apparent pretext was the government's handling of peace talks.

The pretext was a nearly successful attempt on the life of Lenin by a Socialist Revolutionary, Fannie Kaplan.