Nor does Josephus say there were no ancienter writings among the Greeks than Homer's Poems, but that they did not fully own any ancienter writings pretending to such antiquity, which is trite.
He has done nothing for us, about our schools, and even tried to set the Indians against their counsel, Mr. Hallett, by pretending he had lost his influence.
She found Lady Tregony and Beryl pretending concern at her long absence, but very little was said, and Madeline did not explain why she had been so long.
The children were sent to her parents in Louisiana by their father, and there she sometime later obtained them, after pretending that she had abandoned the Mormon belief.
Discovery Dance, Sacs and Foxes--A Pantomime; pretendingto discover game, or an enemy.
I had refused to be introduced to her, and she punished me by pretending not to know that I was present.
You will oblige me," I answered, pretending not to know anything.
In her last letter, my nun, pretending not to be anxious to know who I was, approved of my choice, and feigned indifference for nocturnal meetings; but she seemed certain that after seeing her I would visit her.
Of course they could not help believing me, or at leastpretending to do so.
This exactly suited them, and just before they were ready to lie down, pretending to be sleepy, Nort produced the cup of coffee he had saved out.
Well, I'm going to turn in," said Nort in a loud voice, pretending to yawn.
On the other hand, nothing displeased him so much as being laughed at when he did not intend to be ridiculous, as could not be more conclusively proved than by the fact of his behaviour in pretending to catch the fly.
On coming into the kitchen the man found the dog in his old place pretending to be asleep.
An actor to be a success must have the power, the ability to throw off his own ways and character, to assume whatever queer quirks marking the role of the person he is pretending to be.
Mammy,' said the old man, pretending that he was going to seize her.
I have drunk the bitch; it was wrong,' he repeated, evidently vexed but pretending not to care.
Then she frowned, and pretending to aim with a gun, she shrieked and began rapidly humming and shaking her head.
Loves' she expressed by pressing her hands to her breast, kissing her hand, and pretending to embrace someone.
By dint of pretending that it was so, she gradually worked herself up into an attack of love, which was genuine enough to make her redden when Mr. Shepherd was spoken of, and to enjoy being teased about him.
He is thus often sacrificed really on account of his appearance, while pretending he is a villain.
Pretending to govern the bees, as the juggler sometimes does his tricks, by mysterious incantations!
Here is where the patent vender has taken the advantage of our ignorance, by pretending that no other hive but his ever obtained such quantities, or so pure in quality.
But I am not so fond of fancying or pretending as Tib--I like real things.
I don't see any sense in pretending it's comfortable.
Alessandro was sleeping, or pretending to sleep, face downwards, and the sword passed through his kidneys and diaphragm.
Pretending to move under the Duke's orders, but really acting for himself alone, he proceeded to attack his ancient enemies, the Grisons.
Having returned to Florence, he proceeded to court Duke Alessandro, into whose confidence he wormed himself, pretending to play the spy upon the exiles, and affecting a personal timidity which put the Prince off his guard.
The ancients on this point were wiser than some moderns when, without pretending to assign an intellectual significance to music, they held it for an axiom that one type of music bred one type of character, another type another.
But now she scourged herself for heartlessness and inconstancy, pretending she had sent them away just because she was tired of taking care of them and wanted to be free for new interests.
I believe they have been abusing me behind my back,--and they pretendingto love me!
Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer.
Ananias and Sapphira acted the part of deceivers, pretending to make an entire sacrifice for God, when they were covetously withholding a portion for themselves.
That night he looked as if he would like the fun of quizzing her figures and pretending to be horrified at her extravagance, as he often did, being particularly proud of his prudent wife.
They know we are poor, so it's no use pretending that we have grooms, buy three or four hats a season, and have things as easy and fine as they do.
Perhaps she guesses that I'm only pretending about the latchkey.
Almost every motor-bus carried a fine specimen of this type of philosopher, to whom the whole travelling company listened while pretending not to listen.
Horse-lines had been laid down, and by the light of flickering flames the dim forms of tethered animals could be seen with their noses to the ground pessimistically pretending to munch what green turf had survived in the mud.
As a fact he was not really busy; he was only pretending to be busy; and he rather enjoyed the summons of the telephone, with its eternal promise of some romantic new turn of existence.
A few minutes passed thus, Mrs. Delarayne pretending to read, and wondering all the while whether Agatha had not perhaps overstated Cleopatra's trouble; and Cleopatra working frantically like one who is determined not to think at all.
And you did like pretending you were deeply in love, didn't you now?
Silently on this occasion Cleopatra followed in her wake, and pretending to be in search of a book, lingered in her mother's company longer than was her wont after the morning meal.
For you could not do so without lowering your standards and your character, by pretending what is not the case.
If you came to me pretending to worship an intellect inferior to your own, I should lose my respect for you, or I should lose my faith in your truthfulness.
Marat had seen that England was at this time being ruled by an oligarchy using the forms of liberty, which, while pretending to represent the country, was really being gradually mastered by the royal power.
By pretending to seek a bride for his master in Margaret of Savoy, Mazarin had induced the king of Spain to make proposals for the marriage of his daughter with Louis XIV.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pretending" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
