Sentence examples for with pretence from inspiring English sources

In an industry a little heavy with pretence, he's refreshing company.

No one can interact meaningfully with a monocultural, political-performance factory, riddled with pretence and convention, because it means nothing.

It's the same food they'd be selling in a poncey restaurant in a more touristy area – a whole fish in amazing coconut sauce, with fried plantain – but with no pretence, no bullshit, just a really good meal and really cheap.

Although both he and Kim Jong-il dealt ruthlessly with those who opposed them, neither bothered with show trials – victims were simply executed with no pretence of legal process.

As that language has escalated, they have abandoned the centre ground along with the pretence that they represent a libertarian ideal which most Americans basically agree with.

South Korean journalists dispensed with any pretence of objectivity.

Now she accepts Oz isn't real and has made her peace with the pretence.

"Although Vanessa comforted herself with the pretence that I had two fathers," Angelica wrote, "in reality..

With two weeks now to go, it would be foolish to predict the result with any pretence of certainty.

As John Doe, Cooper begins to believe the things he's supposed to have written, and goes along with the pretence.

"They said nothing and carried on with the pretence of helping us and showed no emotion at all".