the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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Some of the most beautiful homes feel as though they've been assembled over a lifetime, rather than ordered in a single afternoon.—Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026 Jeni felt something extraordinary, as though her father’s love was still finding ways to guide her life.—Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026 Despite the extremely low target mass, detection remained precise and stable, performing as though the water itself were effectively absent from the detection environment, according to BMRT.—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026 Despite this, last month, the Illinois legislature passed HB4273, a bill that behaves as though Illinois is still living in a mild‑weather past.—Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for as though