false pretence in English

noun

false claim, misleading show of something; (Law) offense of obtaining money or property through falsehood or forgery

Use "false pretence" in a sentence

1. Synonyms: Affectation; affectedness; mannerism; pose Hypernyms ("Affectation" is a kind of): feigning; pretence; pretending; pretense; simulation (the act of giving a false appearance)

2. Their friendliness was only pretence.

3. It was all an elaborate pretence.

4. Occasionally, they drop all pretence of fairness.

5. She isn't really ill; it's only pretence.

6. Their way of life was all pretence.

7. To make a decent pretence that she cared?

8. She made absolutely no pretence of being interested.

9. His pretence at friendliness fooled no one.

10. Wolfowitz's announcement made that pretence no longer tenable.

11. You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.

12. He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.

13. Gummer makes no pretence of objectivity in his text.

14. It seems he makes no pretence about his disgusting perversion.

15. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.

16. I don't know how long I can keep up this pretence.

17. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad.

18. He was hanged without even the pretence of a proper trial.

19. 7 Mr Tellwright made no pretence of concealing his satisfaction.

20. The employer often scolded his men on the slightest pretence.

21. But the hereditary peers provide a ballast which distorts any pretence at representativeness.

22. He ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.

23. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.

24. John waited for her under the pretence of tying his shoelaces.

25. 32 synonyms for Affectation: pretence, show, posing, posturing, act, display, appearance, pose