as though

as in like
the way it would be or one would do if the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet

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Recent Examples of as though Her infirmity, Lurie says, began in July, 1953, but tremors of premonition course through her work from first to last, as though sickness were naturally expected to arrive, like a punctual guest. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Its craters also seem immutable, as though carved into rock instead of ice. Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 But the rest of the movie is straight-faced, as though its story of two reckless sociopaths vying to destroy the world in their respective modes weren’t appallingly depressing. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025 Adults can’t expect to cosy up to an activist movement that regularly calls for a friend’s assassination, then assert their right to the former friend’s love, as though the friend was in fact their mother. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as though

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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20though. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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