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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This disconnect also contributes to businesses’ dissatisfaction with the progress of faster payments: Less than 30% of businesses feel as though the United States is making satisfactory progress toward a faster payments future.
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Reed Luhtanen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The woman looked at Maureen’s walker between them, as though assessing the difficulty of a handshake.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
At one point, as though by fate or destiny, the green lights from her set matched the same shade of green as the iced fig leaf matcha from the morning breakfast.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
The bullet point style in professional writing, while understandable, lacks nuance and feels detached, as though influenced and shaped by technology.
—J. Jasser, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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Reed Luhtanen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
The woman looked at Maureen’s walker between them, as though assessing the difficulty of a handshake.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
At one point, as though by fate or destiny, the green lights from her set matched the same shade of green as the iced fig leaf matcha from the morning breakfast.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
The bullet point style in professional writing, while understandable, lacks nuance and feels detached, as though influenced and shaped by technology.
—J. Jasser, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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