Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of as though
In George Henry Lee’s restaurant a middle-aged lady wearing purple and accompanied by a string quartet sang ‘Tea for Two’, circling her hands in the air as though pushing away cobwebs.
—
Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Whitney, as though having seen a ghost, immediately leaves the house and takes her husband with her.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Many of Dubai’s prominent spaces and buildings are shiny—lurid, even—and seem as though they’ve been designed to photograph well.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
And since the top events will be expanded to 120-player fields, the journeymen of the tour will not feel as though they’ve been cast aside.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for as though
Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Whitney, as though having seen a ghost, immediately leaves the house and takes her husband with her.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Many of Dubai’s prominent spaces and buildings are shiny—lurid, even—and seem as though they’ve been designed to photograph well.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
And since the top events will be expanded to 120-player fields, the journeymen of the tour will not feel as though they’ve been cast aside.
—Brody Miller, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for as though
Cite this Entry
“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20though. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
