Examples of as though in a Sentence
the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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In this way, Berlin and New York were linked as though through an imaginary tunnel that gave passage to the hidden or half-glimpsed sexualities that heteropatriarchy silences and obscures.
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Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
My sole reason for living is the wondrous love that descends upon me like drops of dew from the heart of my royal friend—as though from the lap of God—fructifying new seeds of life within me!
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Where to Stay Capella Singapore For families seeking space and privacy, there's no better place than Capella Singapore, which has some of the city’s most spacious accommodations and feels as though it was dropped in the middle of a rain forest.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
My sole reason for living is the wondrous love that descends upon me like drops of dew from the heart of my royal friend—as though from the lap of God—fructifying new seeds of life within me!
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins.
—Judy Berman, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Where to Stay Capella Singapore For families seeking space and privacy, there's no better place than Capella Singapore, which has some of the city’s most spacious accommodations and feels as though it was dropped in the middle of a rain forest.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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