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 At the other end of the bar, Don was smirking as though looking forward to the lecture Odette was going to give Charlie. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 Past a stories-tall space man, the windowless Atlas 9 building looks as though it’s fallen from another universe. Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025 Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Subsequent sections rolled out as though structured through the passage of time. Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 15 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 29 Sep. 2025.

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