PRETENDED in a Sentence

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She was certain that Bresnahan saw through her when she pretended not to hear Kennicott's invitation to join a game of cribbage.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRETENDED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pretended
 a.  not genuine or sincere; feigned; supposed; alleged
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  So she pretended she had not heard Uncle Peter's suggestion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  She had to know if he even pretended to love her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  Evidently he had forgotten the contretemps, or pretended to have forgotten it, for he settled himself on the top step at her feet without mention of their late difference.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  Suellen, sullen and tearful, pretended to faint too, but came back to consciousness spitting like an angry cat when Scarlett poured a gourdful of water in her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  But they lied cheerfully just the same and the ladies pretended to believe them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
6  So she swallowed her wrath with poor grace and pretended indifference.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
7  After a miserable while, Scarlett's pretended indifference gave way to the real thing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
8  They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  He pretended that his hand was the cat and hers the mouse.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  She was certain that Bresnahan saw through her when she pretended not to hear Kennicott's invitation to join a game of cribbage.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  It ended, a quarter of an hour later, in his calling her a "neurotic" before he turned away and pretended to sleep.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  She pretended that she was going to the Rockies.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  He heard the swing-couch creak as she sat up abruptly, peered, then leaned back and pretended to relax.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  The players pretended to be exhilarated by practising service, but they startled at each dust-cloud from a motor car.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  With his musical talent, he would be much more than some chump pretending to play guitar and sing.
17  Too sad so still is inferior to pretend don't care about anything.
18  The accident was my fault-it would be foolish to pretend otherwise.
19  Of course I was wrong; it would be hypocritical to pretend otherwise.
20  Take advantage of weekends to pretend you're happy for a couple days.
21  Don't ever pretend to be living well.
22  In the mouth, heart in surrender, we all pretend.
23  Don't pretend to be nice to me.
24  After the adverts, the presenter tried to pretend that everything was back to normal.
25  I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
26  Some people pretend to despise the things they cannot have.
27  Of course this time the object of their scorn is a representative of the real America that Democrats pretend to represent.
28  I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.
29  But it is no use now, thought poor Alice, to pretend to be two people! Why, there is hardly enough of me left to make ONE respectable person!
30  By what instinct do you pretend to distinguish between a fallen seraph of the abyss and a messenger from the eternal throne -- between a guide and a seducer?