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.

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

as if

Tuesday looks as if it will be the warmest day and after that temperatures will generally return closer to the September average.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their crippling codependence is alienating, as if there really were only one of them.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Raiola had spent the week preparing as if the game would be in his hands, Lanning said, despite having no reason to believe that he might play.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Brian Atlas of the “Whatever” podcast posted a video of the alleged victim drinking with Peters, as if it were exonerating evidence instead of bolstering the criminal case against him.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Not only was he vulnerable for the first time in six years, but with every passing moment, it felt as if the life were being sucked from his bones.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman