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US
/pɹiˈtɛndɪŋ/
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[ UK /pɹɪtˈɛndɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪtˈɛndɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of giving a false appearance
his conformity was only pretending
How To Use pretending In A Sentence
- Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
- But it means you get this style of performance across the board that is people inhabiting characters rather than pretending to be people. Times, Sunday Times
- Finally, a small number of participants discussed their experiences with gender-bending - that is, pretending to be of the opposite sex - during an online sexual encounter.
- She emotionally recalls what it was like as a teenager running into her homeless dad on the streets and pretending she didn't know him.
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- Jagang didn't want her slipping out of their snare by hiding in crowds of people, or escaping by pretending to be a lowly washwoman. The Pillars of Creation
- Start the jug swinging and try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal into the mouth of the jug while pretending to be a plane.
- Stephen draws a parallel between someone who would spy while pretending to be a friend, and what Matthew did to Absalom.
- Is there a parallel between taking up a storekeepers time by pretending to shop and ask prices for items we know we will not buy and dating the opposite sex with no intention of a committed relationship?
- Rule two, stop pretending you got engaged to my kid brother for anything but his money.