pretending

IPA: pritˈɛndɪŋ

Examples of "pretending" in Sentences

"There's no point in pretending it won't be a difficult year."
Pretending not to be Republican is like Ricky Martin pretending he's straight.
The whole thing has been an exercise in pretending to be open to compromise while running out the clock so as to kill the whole thing.
There is no sense in pretending that this can be fixed anytime soon and it will be a long term commitment with new ideas and directions.
The trio is just too good to describe in their performance in game six as they waylaid the title pretending L.A. Lakers headed by Kobe Bryant.
Harold had younger women throwing themselves at him (well, at least his mother was throwing them at him), but he was only interested in pretending to kill himself in front of them.
Nah, "pretending" is right; folks who make arguments under the assumption that people are making carefully thought out, rational decisions in this area are probably aware that it isn't so.
But, of course, all sorts of parties – not least the political media – have a vested interest in pretending things like general sentiment on the economy can be ignored when evaluating political outcomes. fletc3her says:
If people can just go in pretending to be your “friend” when they are really your enemy, this disrupts the ability of firms to exploit the synergies that are possible from working together with trust, and will have a tendency to massively decrease efficiency.