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Examples of as though in a Sentence
the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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Idahoans kicking themselves for missing the spectacle of the overnight light show brought by the aurora borealis Friday into Saturday appear as though they’ll be treated with a second chance.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
Celebration turns to silent despondency, as the movie’s rousing highs are replaced by a purgatorial limbo, as though time were standing still.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 9 May 2024
And each season’s amateur detectives expended a lot of energy trying to unmask catfish, as though inventing a persona automatically made a castmate a weaker ally.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 8 May 2024
Sharing this collection with restaurant guests was a crucial part of the Audrey plan since day one, when Brock asked the project’s design team to display and light the artwork as though the dining room were a museum.
—Ellen Fort, Saveur, 8 May 2024
Parents complained that children were being bullied and beaten — only to see the perpetrators continue at school and in their classes as though nothing had happened.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
Other great players have struggled in the playoffs—including Embiid—but Harden’s failures seemed to come in for more scolding, as though people were looking for a reason to disparage his style.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
It’s now operated by the National Trust and arranged to look as though Christie has just stepped out—her unexpectedly glamourous clothes still fill a walk-in closet; a straw sunhat sits on the head of a marble bust beside the front door.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
The robot’s ring-light head turns a full 180 degrees to face the camera, as though possessed.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of as though was
in the 12th century
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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as though
conjunction
: as if
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