Sentence examples for though i pretended from inspiring English sources

I got the hint, even though I pretended to ignore the dig.

Mitko turned back at once, as docile as if our transaction had already taken place; maybe in his mind it was already a sure thing, as it was in mine, though I pretended to be skeptical of the goods on offer, trying to assert some mastery over the overwhelming excitement I felt.

He lives in a narrow city street mentioned in Joyce's Ulysses ("Never read it. Though I pretend I have. Finnegans Wake? I don't even pretend").

And though I pretend to be scared, I'm secretly FUCKING thrilled about it.

Of course, Billy Dee Williams played Lando Calrissian in the original trilogy and Samuel L. Jackson played Mace Windu in the prequels (though I pretend that trilogy doesn't exist), but those were minor, supporting roles.

I continue to struggle with body image issues, even though I pretend I'm "too evolved" to be concerned with such "superficial" insecurities and erroneously think that with all of the personal growth work I've done I should be past this by now.

3. Bobby Goldsboro--Honey (I Miss You) (#1, 1968--5 weeks) "She wrecked the car and she was sad; and so afraid that I'd be mad, but what the heck/though I pretended hard to be/I guess you could say she saw through me/and hugged my neck".

And even though I often pretended that you were wrong, it secretly made me feel good that you were right.

I am not quite one of them, or so I pretend even though my mum makes the same snacks at home.

The comments still stung, even though I made pretend it didn't bother me.

I say, apologetically, that I only sounded flip because I didn't want to sound as though I was pretending to be a psychoanalyst.