Sentence examples for useful to pretend from inspiring English sources
Joyce starts out from the assumption that, when taken literally, moral sentences are systematically untrue, and seeks to show that it can still be practically useful to pretend that it is not so.
To move toward a more inclusive society, one that can accept a female president, it's not useful to pretend that we have solved the problem of equality or even that's our only problem.
It may be useful to pretend to be looking for a lost pet or have a similar excuse ready.
Sometimes it can be useful to pretend you have been allocated to the other side of the debate, and try to get into the opponents' minds.
The least useful way is to pretend that there is no dilemma, and that, whatever each might say, the interests of Assad and ISIS are aligned.
"But nevertheless they are extremely useful, and anybody who tried to pretend they were not useful I think would be laughed at".
To pretend that everyone does do is one of those useful lies that makes society work better: it is part of the secularist myths of English education.
Maybe you want to pretend you live a life where this object would be useful - linen cocktail napkins.
