Sentence examples for ready to pretend from inspiring English sources

And thus they are often open to pressure — which is what makes PEN's mission so necessary and so important — just as they are often ready to pretend that they are not.

He is about to type my name into Google, and I'm getting ready to pretend to be surprised by what he shows me, as if I'd never done it myself.

Nor are there ready to pretend that harmony has suddenly descended on the Shiites and Sunnis in Lebanon.

I'm ready to stop pretending.

This helps to explain why the PES, for all its bluster, has not fielded a candidate against Mr Barroso.It is equally wrong to pretend that Europe was ready for a federalist big bang last autumn.

Mother isn't quite as ready to relinquish the reins as she likes to pretend.

Some of the tweets (which, it should be noted, were posted by women as well as men) mention tired stereotypes about women -- that they take forever to get ready, pretend to be more laid-back than they actually are, are shopaholics and lie about making baked goods from scratch.

It may be useful to pretend to be looking for a lost pet or have a similar excuse ready.

To pretend.

We like to pretend.

We got to pretend".