Example Sentences

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Under the blazing Vegas sun, giant billboards advertise "Live Enhanced" as the baritone voice of a sports announcer pretends to introduce British swimmer Ben Proud and other athletes.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

At just 15-months-old, babies often react with surprise when someone pretends to empty a cup and then acts as if they are drinking from it.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

He is not the muscular president he pretends to be on television.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

But elevated diction is one of the facades behind which “Call the Midwife” pretends to be a TV program so gentle and mild.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

They have green tea ice cream for dessert, which everyone pretends to like, and then they pile back into their cars.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti