as though

Idioms  

1. see as if.

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Example Sentences

“The frantic futility of constantly searching for a new place,” he wrote his longtime friend, Johnny Dark, “a new life, a new partner. As though change itself were some kind of elixir.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

As though his jury of peers — whom he likely considered hapless rubes — would surely agree that putting a “personal friend” of Oprah’s in prison was unthinkable.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2024

As though friends — anyone — might as easily be gay as straight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024

As though this court appearance was being squeezed in, obligingly, between other appointments.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2023

As though to prove that the constraint between them was broken, in the next wait for the rowboat Nat strolled over to join her where she stood watching.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare