Sentence examples for with a pretense from inspiring English sources

I love stories, and my life is principally concentrated on stories, but not with a pretense of scientific precision.

(Mr. Kobborg plays the role with the stalking intensity of a born seducer, which he can't quite cover with a pretense at lightheartedness).

"Me, too," Sylvia said with a pretense of gaiety, but she spoiled the moment by saying, "Are you going to phone him?

Today the influence of "Chronicle of a Summer" can be felt in practically every fiction film with a pretense to realism, as the shaky camera setups and discontinuous editing of the vérité documentaries have become the stylistic signifier of authenticity in genres as disparate as spy thrillers ("The Bourne Ultimatum") and sitcoms ("The Office").

The sulfur content in fuels is continuously being reduced by regulations, however increasingly low levels in several countries, currently the U.S.A. and Europe require a maximum of 50 ppm with a pretense reduction to less than 10 ppm of the end of 2010 [ 11].

It helps if you do it with a pretense.

Today, he said, prisons have taken over the job, with barely a pretense of treatment.

Like Kilgrave, he doesn't bother with even a pretense of civility.

Before the study was even circulated, stories in some mainstream publications including Forbes ran the release with only a pretense of a rewrite.

One was a hip-hop blog that got its domain back a year after its theft by the government, with not even a pretense of an apology.

Others speculated that it could not keep up a pretense with so many foreign reporters on hand.