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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Parents complained that children were being bullied and beaten — only to see the perpetrators continue at school and in their classes as though nothing had happened.
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Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Other great players have struggled in the playoffs—including Embiid—but Harden’s failures seemed to come in for more scolding, as though people were looking for a reason to disparage his style.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
It’s now operated by the National Trust and arranged to look as though Christie has just stepped out—her unexpectedly glamourous clothes still fill a walk-in closet; a straw sunhat sits on the head of a marble bust beside the front door.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
The robot’s ring-light head turns a full 180 degrees to face the camera, as though possessed.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
The deep red sandstone in Arizona’s northeast corner, carved into towering buttes and spires, unrolls across the desert as though waiting for a location shoot.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Cole said the post read as though her daughter was describing herself.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Fans watching at home — many of whom were eagerly anticipating Joel’s first-ever television concert special since its announcement — felt as though their bubble of joy had needlessly popped.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town’s hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as though nothing had happened.
—Claire Rush, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Other great players have struggled in the playoffs—including Embiid—but Harden’s failures seemed to come in for more scolding, as though people were looking for a reason to disparage his style.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
It’s now operated by the National Trust and arranged to look as though Christie has just stepped out—her unexpectedly glamourous clothes still fill a walk-in closet; a straw sunhat sits on the head of a marble bust beside the front door.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
The robot’s ring-light head turns a full 180 degrees to face the camera, as though possessed.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
The deep red sandstone in Arizona’s northeast corner, carved into towering buttes and spires, unrolls across the desert as though waiting for a location shoot.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
Cole said the post read as though her daughter was describing herself.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Fans watching at home — many of whom were eagerly anticipating Joel’s first-ever television concert special since its announcement — felt as though their bubble of joy had needlessly popped.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Paramedics rushed through the park toward a tent, one of dozens illegally erected by the town’s hundreds of homeless people, then play resumed as though nothing had happened.
—Claire Rush, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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