Words similar to make-believe
Example sentences for: make-believe
How can you use “make-believe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
When uttered in circumstances where taboo language would seem either gratuitous or otherwise inappropriate, rude words are not only equally out of place in the world of make-believe as in the real world but, worse, they interfere (in both) with the message.
In light of the report, the lead editorial at the Post calls the Russian/China/France anti-sanction stance, "make-believe."
But used with words with unfavorable connotations, it assumes a pernicious meaning of make-believe, for example, “Is that still his story?”
Also try El Galeón, in a make-believe pirate ship that sets sail from under Havana’s La Cabaña fortress.
It obscures the fact that Levinthal's territory in the Western series is much the same as in "Hitler Moves East," a liminal realm of fantasy where the most successful images--like that rearing horse, or a man hanging from a noose on a stunted tree--toe the line between real and make-believe.