How to Use pretend to (something) in a Sentence

pretend to (something)

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• Was that very painful to pretend to like him and try to work with him?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Was the choice not to pretend to be straight a form of activism?
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
• Others want to take an adorable paw or floppy ear and pretend to eat it.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
• Some may rush to bed quickly and pretend to be asleep when their partner comes.
  — Sara Kuburic, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2023
• Ignore texts from strangers who pretend to have the wrong number and want to chat, too.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
• Some called in sick, too sleep-deprived and overwhelmed by news to even pretend to work.
  — Bryn Stole | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 4 Nov. 2020
• Burgess can be seen sporting red hair, leaning over to pretend to take a lick of an ice cream cone.
  — Kayla Grant, People.com, 7 May 2025
• The film revolves around a non-couple who have to pretend to be a couple?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
• The best way to pretend to be a human chatting is to fine-tune on human chat logs.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2023
• During the day, Taylen would grab anyone's phone and pretend to call his mom.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• Kids can build their garden world, care for the bees, and even pretend to harvest honey.
  — Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
• This steam is then used to turn an electric turbine (don't pretend to be surprised).
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
• Watch Matthias pretend to play along in time with the church band and his father's preaching.
  — Carissa Quiambao, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• In most fields workers are prone to deny a problem and even pretend to enjoy the abuse.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
• There are a lot of ways to help your kid pretend to vacuum, but this one is a bit complex for its own good.
  — Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
• As if any of us could be so arrogant as to pretend to play defense with the Reaper.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
• What Mercy is meant to do about it, Expats does not pretend to know.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• There’s always been a market for people who pretend to know the future.
  — John Jennings, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Arráez is the rare contact hitter in this era who doesn’t pretend to hit for power and go for homers.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2024
• Also, a drug dealer is a bad guy, but a drug dealer doesn’t pretend to be anything but a bad guy.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
• James was sitting in a room for nine hours having to pretend to be reading a script, that is rare and that is special.
  — Charna Flam, Variety, 5 May 2023
• The poster is advised to tell their wife to remove the bike battery and pretend to have a nonelectric bike.
  — Curbed, 30 Aug. 2023
• Boring doesn’t sell, and the Yankees cannot even pretend to be pushing for a pennant.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Commenting on the post, Reddit users say the woman should at least pretend to play along.
  — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
• Eventually, all three girls sit down on the front of the Jeep and pretend to search for dinosaurs.
  — Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• As far as Dusty knows, the girls are going to pretend to go to the dance and just drive south with a trunk full o’ snacks instead.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 May 2024
• Democrats cannot give a description of what a woman is, yet pretend to be the champion of women.
  — Michelle Jefferson, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2024
• The scammers often call a victim and pretend to be a loved one in distress, asking them to send money.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
• By 48 months, the child does not pretend to be something else, like a teacher or superhero, in play.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
• There's a Sendik's grocery store with play food, play money and a play cash register for kids to pretend to shop.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024