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
"Nobody is pretending they are. But they give people more time with the people they love and, ultimately, that's what matters."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
And within 30 minutes, you had memes and people talking about the Elf and pretending they cared about the Elf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
It has pesto, not because you are pretending it is August, but because some part of August was worth saving.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
She wrote a false letter to the New York court, pretending to be Ferdie and Henry’s British relative, “Uncle Edward.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
