Sentence examples for without a pretence from inspiring English sources

A fantasy experience (e.g., an assumption) can be understood either (1) as a pretence of experiencing seriously (e.g., of making a judgment) or (2) as a mere entertaining of the object (e.g., an objective without a pretence of judging) (1917, §6, 47 53 [47 53]).

Both teams continually played poor shots into the net, without even a pretence of trying their hardest.

For example, if he gave parole to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oligarch imprisoned without even a pretence at a fair trial, dropped Russia's belligerent posture towards Georgia, began to open up state-run television to alternative voices, and initiated a crackdown on corruption, then it would be right to respond in a friendly fashion.

George Osborne can't even muster a pretence.

It is a pretence that can be indulged.

What is more, this babe is making a pretence at gesturing like a king.

What one cannot do is simultaneously keep up a pretence of humanitarianism.

The number of African leaders who can eschew even a pretence of democracy is shrinking.

He ended his argument by saying: "I believe it's a pretence.

It is a show, a token, a pretence of a strut on the world stage.

They are bouncy, they are chipper - and, no, it is not a pretence.