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Example sentences for: pretend

How can you use “pretend” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Juneteenth doesn't pretend to be a definitive framework or even a framework at all.
When I was young I felt it necessary to pretend that I understood and liked the plays of Tom Stoppard.
In the increasingly cynical world of big-time sports--which are businesses that try to pretend they're just games, peopled by too many phonies who get passed off as heroes--the U.S. women were precisely what they appeared to be: An authentic team.
Now he tries to pretend he was never pro-life.
He'll pursue beautiful single mothers and pretend he has a child, too.