pretender in English

noun
1
a person who claims or aspires to a title or position.
the pretender to the throne
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "pretender" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pretender", or refer to the context using the word "pretender" in the English Dictionary.

1. He is a pretender to philosophy.

2. Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.

3. 2 synonyms for Claimer: claimant, pretender

4. Birdbrain (Pretender Monster, 1989) Team ID number: PM6

5. Birdbrain's Pretender shell is a feathered, black bird-monster

6. Birdbrain's Pretender shell is a feathered, black bird-monster

7. Was I not going forth as the worst kind of pretender?

8. And I am not a pretender, I am who I am.

9. Now the workout method of pretender is a norm and practical method.

10. Blesses When creating a pretender, a number of options are available for bless effects

11. A hypocrite is a pretender, and people are right, there are pretenders in the church.

12. Synonyms for Claimer include claimant, applicant, petitioner, pretender, supplicant, suppliant, appellant, candidate, plaintiff and suitor

13. Forgive me, Your Grace, but some will look at you and see only another doomed pretender.

14. To do without to be is hypocrisy, or feigning to be what one is not—a pretender.

15. But all the attention to the young pretender, there's no dismissing the appeal of his older predecessor!

16. Fittipaldi's victory made the championship score 4- Points to the pretender and 27 to the reigning champion.

17. He can be forgiven that lapse and should recover losses at the expense of the Gold Cup pretender.

18. An Antipope is a pretender who falsely claims to be pope or who wrongly opposes the legitimate and recognized pope.

19. In 1947, Franco proclaimed the restoration of the monarchy but did not allow the pretender, Juan, Count of Barcelona, to take the throne.

20. Edgar Atheling definition: ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066 Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

21. Accessories: Pretender shell, helmet, large "sonic blaster" rifle, small "laser pistol" ; As part of the sixth year of Generation 1, Bumblebee was released as a "Classic Pretender", expanding the range of Pretenders toys.This version of Bumblebee is still a Volkswagen Beetle, but now has what look like off-road tires.

22. Volvo P1800 turns 50 in 2011 Elizabeth Taylor in her radiant prime makes Angelina Jolie (the tabloid-appointed pretender to her throne) look like a Choleric …

23. The first wave of professional Calypsonians became known as the Old Bridgade, including singers such as Growling Tiger, Lord Beginner, Atilla the Hun , the Roaring Lion and Lord Pretender

24. Groom a pretender (for lack of a better word), build a coalition, and wait for your CEO to screw up, which he will if he is a short-termer.

25. Groom a pretender (for lack of a better word), build a coalition, and wait for your CEO to screw up, which he will if he is a short-termer. Then pounce.

26. Every expert has a story about a "blind" test in which several instruments are played out of sight and the listeners have to guess which is the Strad and which the modern pretender.

27. In other words, wherever there is sedition, wherever there are people who want to overthrow her and replace her with the Earl of Essex, the pretender to the throne, Richard II is being performed.

28. Henry, on the other hand, had secured the southern borders of Anjou, and at a single stroke had elevated his status from duke of Normandy and pretender to the English throne, to major European player.

29. The Foo Fighters won Best Rock Album, and performed their nominated song "The Pretender" in a highly collaborative performance that involved a social media selection of classical musicians (the "My Grammy Moment" YouTube contest was won by violinist Ann Marie Calhoun).

30. *Abjure* Abjure the realm swear an oath to leave the country for ever.Oath of Abjuration an oath disclaiming allegiance to James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766, known as the Old Pretender [1]), son of James II, or his descendants as claimants to the British throne.

31. ‘The modern, more Commercialized Christmas began to emerge in the 19 th century with the new custom of purchasing gifts for young children.’ ‘Such changes towards a Commercialized society destabilized Scottish society, leading to support for the Stuart pretender across the seas in France.’

32. Victor, Prince Napoléon, titular 4th Prince of Montfort (Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte; 18 July 1862 – 3 May 1926), was the Bonapartist pretender to the French throne from 1879 until his death in 1926

33. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship …

34. Bonilass (FR) Fasliyev - Mahsusie (IRE) Motivator (GB) $25.00: $15.00: $50.00: 8: Ainrahma (FR) Piccolo (GB) - Majestic Filly (IRE) $25.00: $15.00: $50.00: 9: Ma Pretention (FR) Great Pretender (IRE) - Makaldoun (FR) $25.00: $15.00: $50.00: 10: Saint Georges (FR) Silver Frost (IRE) - Manita (IRE) $25.00: $15.00: $50.00: 11: Pas Interessee (FR

35. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

36. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

37. The book describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in twenty-three days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.

38. A Blustering braggart; a former prize ring plug-ugly; a preacher of discontent; a political pretender; a man utterly without regard for the essential conventions of society; a passionate agitator who would use his authority as a bully uses his strength, a vain, mouthing demagogue, without knowledge of the genius of our government, without

39. Claimant: 1 n someone who claims a benefit or right or title “ Claimants of unemployment compensation” “he was a Claimant to the throne” Types: Pretender a Claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) Type of: applicant , applier a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission