as if

as in like
the way it would be or one would do if she looked as if she wanted to ask one more question before we left

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Recent Examples of as if His teeth were spread apart and stained, Carter recalled, almost as if someone had painted them to match a glass of iced coffee. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 The wife, who’d been fixated on the cages, shook with a startle, as if waking from a dream. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 In Ragtime‘s most impressive achievement, those three groups (and their musical motifs and dance choreographies) are introduced in the astonishing opening number, separately at first but then blending together as if to illustrate the cauldron that was and is New York City. Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 But both teams played with a high level of effort and spirit as if the playoffs were already here. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for as if

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

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