Sentence example with the word 'pretence'

pretence

airs, camouflage, deception, excuse, fairy tale, feigning, guise, hypocrisy, mask, posturing, pretext, story

Definition n. a false or unsupportable quality

Last update: October 22, 2015


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In August the conspirators were netted, and Mary was arrested at the gate of Tixall Park, whither Paulet had taken her under pretence of a hunting party.   [Please select]

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Never, on any pretence, mind.   [Please select]

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So also was her limited capacity for pretence.   [Please select]

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"But the reason for so elaborate a pretence."   [Please select]

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It was the law of her nature that she was never to deceive herself, to pretend anything, nor to forgive pretence.   [Please select]

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"But do you really mean that all that groaning--which I confess to have been surprised at--was mere pretence."   [Please select]

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Soon the giant's pretence became reality, and the giantess began to nod over her work.   [Please select]

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