| To pretend otherwise is not only an insult to those efforts but it also implies there is no such thing as social change. |
| Tired faces turned, waiting for the thread of babble and meaningless words they would only pretend to hear. |
| I'm not going to stand behind the social mask and pretend that everything is OK when it's not. |
| When you do receive a new exploit, either by paying cash or through barter, pretend it's yours. |
| Try as we might to pretend otherwise, the mask of polite discourse had been shattered. |
| Martin had returned to his usual, cheerful self, and seemed inclined to pretend nothing had happened, which suited Wendy. |
