The whole thing was a put-on, but he kept it going. From Wordnik.com. [“Classy” Freddie Blassie] Reference
If it was a put-on, though, she was playing it well. From Wordnik.com. [The Metrognome and other Stories]
I mean, I think Ed did sort of a put-on to everybody. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2006] Reference
KING: One of the great put-on commercials of all time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2003] Reference
This Tao Lin persona seems like an obvious put-on to me. From Wordnik.com. [Who Knew That Carbs Were So Controversial? : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
In fact, the austerity has always been a bit of a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [The Comfort of Strangers] Reference
Feigning disbelief is a put-on, yes, but an effective one. From Wordnik.com. [“Sicko” explores the sick joke of U.S. health care » Scene-Stealers] Reference
That's not to say his use of folksy sayings is merely a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [What Sarah Palin Is Saying - Anil Dash] Reference
The words were so obviously put-on, he was suddenly infuriated. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
In a put-on silky voice, I say, "I am a woman who wears Armani.". From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Girl's Guide To Hunting & Fishing by Melissa Bank] Reference
I saw the same thing and was thinking it was a photoshop put-on. From Wordnik.com. [Detectives in Tucson « Climate Audit] Reference
That would never happen now, or if it did, it would be a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Thomson: Animals, Whores & Dialogue: The Resurrection of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson] Reference
So is the angry act, is the defiance part of a put-on, do you think?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2005] Reference
The soft, clipped words were mixed with the dry, hacking, put-on cough. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
It's all put-on. by JC Garrett on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 at 10: 44: 24 PM. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: You're Only Rich if You Make $5 Million a Year] Reference
Very funny if its a put-on like Blondestar, and even funnier if its real. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » 2005 » March] Reference
Bonnie, Bonnie said and giggled, too, because it was such a silly put-on. From Wordnik.com. [Ann, meet Bob] Reference
Listen, Romano, between you and me, isn't all of this some kind of put-on?. From Wordnik.com. [Tangalanga's Greatest Hits] Reference
"You think that wasn't a put-on?" growled Alkher, glancing at his companion. From Wordnik.com. [Caller from Eternity]
Instead, it's as much of a pen name, a put-on identity, as "Benjamin Black.". From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
Although wrestling may be a hair more credible in that you know it's a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [Real Niche Sports: HBO Does Millar] Reference
Whether Rocky's Klan affiliation was also a put-on is still a subject of debate. From Wordnik.com. [Long Live Lassiter] Reference
Kirsten later said Walter's poutiness was a put-on designed to disguise shyness. From Wordnik.com. [David Murray: The Chicago Public School Teacher's Husband] Reference
While I agree that nominating Limbaugh for this prize ,if not a put-on,is truely improper. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Next Nobel Peace Prize recipient: Rush Limbaugh?] Reference
Despite the learned strut and the put-on twang, he never could get the hang of looking real. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Fussell: Pistol-Packin' Sarah Shoots Up the Screen] Reference
Miggy, the kid, is clearly Leguizamo's surrogate, a put-on of himself as a funny, brainy nerd. From Wordnik.com. [Mambo King Of Comedy] Reference
The captain ran on board, clutching together the flapping folds of his hastily put-on uniform. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Chaos]
Some may scoff that the anti-tax tea party movement is a put-on by establishment conservatives. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Sinker: When the Left Went Teabagging: As You Chuckle at the Right's Newfound Activism, Don't Forget That the Left Sucked Balls for Years] Reference
However, the biggest put-on here is not the pretentious frontispiece, but the text that follows. From Wordnik.com. [Alexis Soyer and the Rise of the Celebrity Chef] Reference
She was laughing, not the put-on one she used on the phone with boys, or the sharp one with Jim. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Leo gets a dog] Reference
Their aping has a put-on feel because there's nothing behind it but another author, a better one. From Wordnik.com. [IN WHICH HEROES STUMBLE] Reference
And put-on or not, You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up is still a fine hardboiled noir novel. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-21] Reference
And this time when Moskvina shook his hand, he could tell that behind her put-on smile, she was really afraid. From Wordnik.com. [THE SECOND MARK] Reference
Along comes David Brooks to make the point less crassly and with more of a put-on sympathy in the New York Times. From Wordnik.com. [Susannah and the elders] Reference
DORNIN: Former adviser Rabbi Shmuley Boteach believe much of the strangeness was purely a put-on, like the masks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2005] Reference
I'm still a believer in the veracity of NEWSWEEK's reportage: please do not induce me to think this one was a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [International Mail Call] Reference
His second post, I have to admit was unresponsive and a bit over the top, which implies a put-on, but, why that subject?. From Wordnik.com. [Why Everyone is Sucking It Up ...] Reference
It had been originally recorded by a group called the Gladiolas, and many people thought the Diamonds' version was a put-on. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-21] Reference
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