pretence

How To Use pretence In A Sentence

• But, just in case you get the idea that all was pretence and subterfuge, I feel I should let you know just how the mother of a friend of mine described the communist years.
• He had circled around to come to the village by the south, on the pretence of making it appear that he was headed for Kaye.
• The novel is also natural in the sense of man's everyday life, done without pretence and pose.
• He didn't like the food, but he made a pretence of eating some of it as he was a guest.
• The following list makes no pretence to completeness; ‘martext’, ‘carrytale’, ‘pleaseman’, English Past and Present
• Miss Margland, who, sideling towards the window, on pretence of examining a print, had heard and seen all that had passed, was almost overpowered with rage, by the conviction she received that her apprehensions were not groundless. Camilla
• The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been threadbare.
• On pretence of enjoying a free air, he mounted the box, and employed his elocution and generosity with such success, that the driver undertook to disable the diligence from proceeding beyond the town of Alost for that day; and, in consequence of his promise, gently overturned it when they were but a mile short of that baiting-place. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
• These people are all engaged in a game of pretence.
• Constantinople, where I lived gaily, and spent my money; but I found that to mix in the world, it is necessary not only to have an attaghan, but also to have the courage to use it; and in several broils which took place, from my too frequent use of the water of the Giaour, I invariably proved that, although my voice was that of a lion, my heart was but as water, and the finger of contempt was but too often pointed at the beard of pretence. The Pacha of Many Tales