Sentence examples for rather pretending from inspiring English sources

I'll wear an apron, although it's really about cooking in this dress, or rather, pretending to cook.

"Many would rather pretend not to see their problems.

Most people feel uncomfortable about it, and would rather pretend it didn't happen.

Many people are reluctant to upset their parents by confronting them and would rather pretend to conform.

This report lifts a veil of silence to make visible the realities South Africa would rather pretend do not exist".

Another of his problems is that he rather pretended to the French that he and they wouldn't have to make any difficult choices.

Rather than have a robust debate, however, the Bush administration would rather pretend that criticism undermines American resolve and is always politically motivated.

Or rather, pretend to buy -- no need to go to the trouble of actually moving all those cones back and forth.

Watching boxing and its ultimate product – the knockout – is stimulation for a twisted part of our monkey brain we'd rather pretend doesn't exist.

The alarm can be a buzzer or a rooster's crow, or, if you would rather pretend you are in Rome, church bells or car horns.

Ruth Bussey, who narrates the flakier portions of Sophie Hannah's offbeat mystery, THE DEAD LIE DOWN (Penguin, paper, $15), is such a dedicated fabulist that when a painful object works its way into her shoe, she'd rather pretend it doesn't exist than bend down and dig it out.