pretending
- present participle of pretend.
Example Sentences
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If this is really the first World Cup game you have watched: Don’t worry, those aren’t dead bodies, they’re just pretending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was one of several funny moments from the match widely shared on social media including Harry Kane's post-match interview after losing his voice and England defender John Stones pretending he was injured.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
"There is a possibility that bad actors may claim usernames... and message other users while pretending to be someone they are not," the English-language daily quoted a senior government official as saying.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
His siblings circled close to comfort him, and Penelope sighed, for although Miss Mortimer was quite right in what she had said, so too was Beowulf, and there was no use pretending otherwise.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
