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Example sentences for: pretense

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

There hasn't been any pretense, as there often is with these kinds of books, that the nominal author actually wielded the pen.
What makes the exhibition truly dreary, however, is the pretense that it's daring, when really it's an exercise in intellectual conformity.
Then there was the pretense of simply presenting the facts, which put the author on a pedestal beyond the reach of quarrel and made his or her conclusion seem inexorable.
Reviewers too have a stake in keeping up the pretense that most films are worth reviewing.
Most talk shows maintain at least the pretense of reasoned discussion: not Springer . The closest it gets to "debate" is a robed KKK moron assaulting a black guest, as in this clip from Too Hot for TV .