English example sentences with "pretended"

Mary pretended she was sick to avoid going to school.
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Tom pretended not to know the answer.
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The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
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The child pretended that it was asleep.
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My brother pretended to be working very hard.
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When he saw me, he pretended to be asleep.
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The boy pretended that he was so sick that he couldn't go to school.
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The boy pretended that he was too sick to go to school.
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Both sons pretended to the throne.
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It is clear that he pretended to be ill.
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He pretended to be an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him away.
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He pretended not to know the answer.
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He pretended to be a stupid man.
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He hid his emotions and pretended to be enthusiastic.
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He pretended to be ignorant.
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He pretended not to be listening.
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He pretended to be sleeping.
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He pretended ignorance, which made me still more angry.
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He pretended to be ill so that he could be absent from school.
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She pretended to be hard of hearing.
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She pretended to be a student.
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She pretended illness as an excuse.
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She pretended not to hear me.
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She pretended that she was sick.
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She pretended innocence.
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She pretended to be asleep during the debate.
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When her mother came, she pretended to be studying.
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I pretended not to understand what he was saying.
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He pretended not to hear me.
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He pretended not to hear his boss.
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She pretended not to hear him yesterday.
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He hid his emotions and pretended enthusiasm.
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He pretended that he was a lawyer.
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He pretended to be a doctor.
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I couldn't believe myself when she pretended to be angry. Her loud voice, red face...the whole caboodle was pretty convincing.
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While I was coming home I saw him, but he pretended that he hadn't seen me.
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When I asked him to return the money, he pretended that he didn't hear me.
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Tom pretended not to understand what Mary was saying.
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Tom pretended not to know who Mary was.
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Tom pretended not to know Mary's email address.
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Tom pretended not to know anything about Mary.
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Tom pretended not to hear Mary.
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Tom and Mary pretended to be husband and wife.
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Tom pretended to not hear a thing.
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Tom politely pretended not to notice that Mary had been crying.

Tom pretended not to know why he was there.

Tom pretended not to know where to go.

Tom pretended not to know what to do.

Tom pretended not to know that what he had done was wrong.

Tom pretended not to know how to get to Mary's school.

Tom pretended not to know anything about the situation.

Tom pretended not to have any money.

Tom pretended not to be afraid.

Tom pretended he was sick.

Tom pretended he was asleep.

Tom pretended he had a gun.

Tom pretended to understand Mary's poem.

Tom pretended he didn't understand what Mary wanted him to do.

Tom pretended not to care.

Tom pretended that he didn't care.

Tom pretended he didn't care.

Jane always pretended that she was very rich.

Hamlet proclaimed that he was not mad, but only pretended to be mad. Could it be, that he was mad all along? Or maybe he wasn't mad at first, but later on - as things became more and more complicated - he started to really lose his mind? Or maybe, he wasn't mad at all?

I pretended not to be able to understand what he was telling me.

I pretended not to be able to understand what she was telling me.

She pretended not to hear him.

He pretended not to be hurt.

He pretended not to know me.

I pretended to support him.

She pretended that she knew nothing about it.

She pretended to know nothing about it.

As to the fragments of morality that are irregularly and thinly scattered in those books, they make no part of this pretended thing, revealed religion.

It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.

I pretended that I didn't see it.

Tom pretended that what Mary said didn't hurt.

Tom pretended that he didn't know that Mary had stolen his money.

Tom pretended that he didn't know Mary.

Tom pretended that he didn't hear Mary calling his name.

Tom pretended that he didn't care that Mary was going out with John.

Tom pretended that he didn't care that he was poor.

Tom pretended he didn't see Mary do what she did.

Tom pretended that it didn't matter to him that Mary was going out with John.

Tom pretended he was still asleep.

He pretended to be sick.

She stayed home and pretended to be sick.

Tom pretended he couldn't understand French.

Tom pretended not to notice that Mary was sleeping.

Tom pretended not to understand French.

The students pretended that they couldn't hear the teacher.

Tom pretended to be my friend.

He pretended to be asleep.

She pretended to be asleep.

I pretended I didn't understand.

I pretended it didn't happen.

She pretended to be my friend.

He pretended to be my friend.

Tom pretended to be Mary's friend.

I called and pretended I was Tom.

I called Tom and pretended to be you.

I had one beer and pretended to be very drunk.