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Pretended

Pretended meaning

simple past and past participle of pretend

Example sentences (20)

A 29-year-old woman pretended to be a student at a New Jersey high school for four days before her ruse was discovered, officials said.

Ace Annan Ankomah, is one of the most celebrated lawyers in this country, who pretended to be working in the interest of Ghana, unknown to Ghanaians at the time it suits his interest.

Advocate depute Ali Murray previously told the court the woman was "shocked and petrified" and was afraid of what he would do and pretended to be asleep.

After Luke was expelled, Cory and Jared discussed the situation with other houseguests, and Hisam pretended he never heard the word.

Although aged 18, he pretended to be 14 and was placed in foster care before stabbing a blameless young man to death in Bournemouth.

A ‘prolific and systematic’ fraudster who pretended to be in relationships with women to scam them out of money has been dubbed ‘the man with the golden tongue’.

Boghici pretended she feared for her own wellbeing and got her mother to pay out $1 million over the span of 15 days.

Earlier, without mentioning Mr Salmond by name, Ms Sturgeon also said it was “really sad” when former politicians pined after their old jobs and pretended they could make a comeback.

He joked that it would have also saved the world from seeing another “silly” touchdown celebration from Flowers, who pretended to nail a soccer penalty kick after the 37-yard score.

In Carter’s case, the Democrats considered him such a failure that they pretended he never existed (much like the Republicans did with Richard Nixon after Watergate).

I pretended to appreciate my body — but I didn't.

It was ironic, however, that he had actually been born in in the ancient city of Thessaloniki, and in previous years, he had pretended that Greece was his friend.

Meanwhile an angel, who had authorized this takedown, pretended not to notice, much less smile at justice served.

Obvious though this deficiency was to everybody, the Kremlin pretended to the Russian public that it was fighting a limited war and there was no need for a mass mobilisation, something Ukraine had carried out at the start of hostilities.

Rugby proposal video by Greetland All Rounders player who pretended to be injure.

Scott Gallagher, of Sneinton Hermitage in Sneinton, pretended to be a customer browsing in stores in Nottinghamshire before breaking into their staff rooms to ransack the property of staff members.

She only survived because she pretended to be dead.

Sinon asks Kirito, “if we get a chance to start over, will you fight me for real?” as though referencing their first meeting where Kirito pretended to be a girl, hence developing a friendship with Sinon that may have had him hesitate to fight seriously.

The former Washington, DC-based noncommissioned Navy officer pretended to be posting from the city of Luhansk.

The guy who the other City Council members pretended to want to either step down as vice mayor or resign his seat got his turn to read a perfunctory statement.