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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:

(Checkups are every six months, and don't pretend you forgot.)
When I was young I felt it necessary to pretend that I understood and liked the plays of Tom Stoppard.
so could he please pretend things are "normal."
I love her mocking eggheads at jazz clubs ("I do enjoy the intelligentsia's pretending they know a horn from a harp while the musicians pretend they know a book from a bookie").
And the fact that TV viewers would rather spend prime time watching a not-so-great-looking guy answer questions about the Great Lakes than watching gorgeous twentysomethings pretend to be teen-agers has to count for something.