pretend
verb (used with object)
to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so.
will be pretending
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future progressiveof pretend.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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“We will be pretending this is just the offseason,” one player recalled being told by a team official in a meeting Friday, when he was informed he must leave.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
Someone, somewhere is fated to have to feign happiness at receiving The People of Walmart: Shop and Awe. Still more, if news reports are to be believed, will be pretending to chuckle over Aleksandr Orlov's "memoir".
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2010
But he is the strange father, too, that will be pretending that he has forgotten the old times and the old customs of our dear people.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
