as if

Idioms  

1. Also, as though. As it would be, as in He decided to accept, as if it really mattered, or John scowled as though he were really angry. The first idiom dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the late 1700s. Also see make as if.

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Example Sentences

"It can come across as if I'm being difficult and dramatic, but it's hard to explain unless you've experienced it."

From BBC

My kids come racing down the stairs on Christmas morning like it’s a jailbreak—feet pounding, voices high, eyes wide, charging toward the tree as if Santa personally negotiated a trade deal with their deepest desires overnight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Disquisitions on the nature of postunification “Italianness” in the 19th century or a close reading of Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio” as a manifesto of Italian political childhood are fascinating but feel as if the Innocenti is merely an occasion for Mr. Luzzi to write, however lyrically, on elements of Italian history and identity vaguely pertaining to childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal

By 1976, six more states had done it, and a bunch of others looked as if they were moving in that direction.

From Slate

There was no mention of immigration at the most recent convention; it was as if the issue didn’t even exist.

From Salon