pretence in English
his anger is masked by a pretense that all is well
he was quick to disclaim any pretense to superiority
Use "pretence" in a sentence
1. Their friendliness was only pretence.
2. It was all an elaborate pretence.
3. Occasionally, they drop all pretence of fairness.
4. She isn't really ill; it's only pretence.
5. Their way of life was all pretence.
6. To make a decent pretence that she cared?
7. She made absolutely no pretence of being interested.
8. His pretence at friendliness fooled no one.
9. Wolfowitz's announcement made that pretence no longer tenable.
10. You shouldn't scold him on the slightest pretence.
11. He made no pretence of great musical knowledge.
12. Gummer makes no pretence of objectivity in his text.
13. It seems he makes no pretence about his disgusting perversion.
14. She was unable to keep up the pretence that she loved him.
15. I don't know how long I can keep up this pretence.
16. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad.
17. He was hanged without even the pretence of a proper trial.
18. 7 Mr Tellwright made no pretence of concealing his satisfaction.
19. The employer often scolded his men on the slightest pretence.
20. But the hereditary peers provide a ballast which distorts any pretence at representativeness.
21. He ripped away the mask of pretence which covered their activities.
22. The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.
23. John waited for her under the pretence of tying his shoelaces.
24. 32 synonyms for Affectation: pretence, show, posing, posturing, act, display, appearance, pose
25. Now that the pretence was over, he could tell them what he really thought.
26. I make no pretence to be an expert on the subject.
27. I make no pretence to being an expert on the subject.
28. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad. Sentencedict.com
29. Another word for Cant: hypocrisy, pretence, lip service, humbug, insincerity Collins English Thesaurus
30. How long are you going to keep up the pretence of being ill?
31. We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better.
32. 12 By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.
33. Faces were stripped of pretence by the pitiless bombardment of harsh reality.
34. Designing with tradition is not a pretence for re-creating the old.
35. The army has given up any pretence of neutrality in the war.
36. A dictionary defines “sincerity” as “freedom from pretence or hypocrisy; honesty; straightforwardness; genuineness.”
37. By the end of the evening she had abandoned all pretence of being interested.
38. It made no pretence of catering to faddish tastes like vegetarianism or high fibre diets.
39. The pomposity, the pretence, the downright idiocy: all are gagging for the Dada treatment.
40. I think we are far better off, knowing only Cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence
41. Accustom people to be nose-led and spoon-fed, and democracy is a mere pretence
42. Be niggards of advice on no pretence, For the worst Avarice is that of Sense.
43. With relief, I abandoned any pretence at being clever and became a mystic assistant labourer.
44. We have abandoned any pretence that there should be a link between human rights and trade
45. 77 synonyms for Cant: hypocrisy, pretence, lip service, humbug, insincerity, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, pious platitudes, affected piety, sham holiness
46. Synonyms for Affectations include air, affectedness, posing, posturing, pretense, pretence, pretension, pretentiousness, superiority and arrogance
47. He tried to get close to her under the pretence of examining the pictures on the wall.
48. And referee trying to prize them apart, to keep at least the pretence of a fight going.
49. 24 He tried to get close to her under the pretence of examining the pictures on the wall.
50. SCHOOLCRAFT A pretence of Consanguinity within the forbidden degrees was soon established, and the marriage was annulled.