Sentence examples for rather I pretended from inspiring English sources

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Rather, I pretended to watch TV, unsure of how to leave.

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And it got away with it by throwing up its hands and claiming, "Hey, we're not a media organization".. Rather, it pretends to be a neutral platform where people can share whatever they like, within reason.

"I would rather just pretend I didn't hear it," he said, smiling.

To be fighting against yourself over the smallest of activities is exhausting -- no wonder that I would rather pretend that everything is fine, and carry on striving to be as perfect as possible.

Here is Zarin traveling in Italy with the man who will soon be her first husband: "I sat on a flat rock below the house and thought about all the wonderful things I would write if I really was a writer, rather than pretending to be one, when in truth I was a woman who wanted to have a baby.

When I suggested to Mayer that her poetry had always been rather unbalanced, she pretended to be dumbfounded, and then explained that the attack had forced her to alter her writing method.

Basement flats can be dark, so rather than pretend that it isn't, I went for darkish wooden flooring and dark-brown leather Minotti seating islands, to make it quite warm and cosy.

I think it's a long time coming, and I'm delighted we're finally talking about it explicitly, rather than pretending it isn't an issue".

I think it would have been better to fix what's there rather than pretend a clean sweep can sort out the problem.

That's why I recommend talking openly and working through these concerns with your child, rather than pretending you don't have concerns.

I think it's important to admit it when we still want things that hurt us, rather than pretending we're totally over them.

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