Adjective : a pretended interest in art. ,His pretended wealth was proved to be nonexistent. From Dictionary.com.
By the way, several readers have had a thought about "community organizer," which some Dems have pretended is code for "black.". From Wordnik.com. [The Corner] Reference
No, they may laugh, they may smile at what they call his pretended sanctity, but in truth he is no hypocrite. From Wordnik.com. [Stories for the Young Or, Cheap Repository Tracts: Entertaining, Moral, and Religious. Vol. VI.] Reference
The woman who made the call pretended that she thought she might be suffering from. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Planet Is It Anyway?] Reference
Grayskin pretended not to hear it; but Karr understood why the elk was so downhearted. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Nils] Reference
Inasmuch as lying involves pretended truth, the truth pretended is an imaginary antecedent. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces] Reference
McCain pretended he had answering and left folks hanging hoping they vote for him to hear is resolutions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Poll: Most Americans say Palin not qualified to serve as president] Reference
Upon learning that Dwayne is a rapper, Palin pretended to recognize someone in the distance and excused herself. From Wordnik.com. [Bunmi Zalob: The Answers Google Instant Search Can't Give You But I Can] Reference
Whatever friendship is pretended, that is really our worst enemy that draws us from our duty. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)] Reference
Frankfort, condemned and also fully confuted the decisions of this council, calling their pretended tradition of image-worship. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10.] Reference
All the points in dispute were arranged, a treaty was signed, and a grand reconciliation -- that is, a pretended one -- was the result. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret of Anjou Makers of History] Reference
With the current speed in technology advance, it cannot be "pretended" any more. From Wordnik.com. [China's strategic objective: 富國!強兵?] Reference
So I just kind of pretended it wasn’t a service and just danced and made the best of the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Reform Teens Revolt | Jewschool] Reference
To have "pretended" to have a plan based upon the scheming of an Iranian intelligence agent, Akmad Chalabi, is an atrocity of some kind. From Wordnik.com. [Pity the Boys of Haditha] Reference
For a long time, I kind of pretended it wasn't real. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
He "pretended" that he was qualified to the VP for 8 years. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
He said Labor was helped by some media outlets that "pretended" Ms Gillard was a South. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Yes, I really took them seriously and 'pretended' to shoot Elsie while secretly taking shots of the food. From Wordnik.com. [she bakes & she cooks] Reference
Charles II. 's Government were content to call it 'pretended' and let it stand, because it was actually draining the fens; and how Sir. From Wordnik.com. [Prose Idylls, New and Old] Reference
I "pretended" that the bees were a fairy band, playing to a hidden audience in a theatre roofed with the silver sheen of arching ferns. From Wordnik.com. [The Heather-Moon] Reference
We had "pretended" fairies in the nooks of the delightfully neglected hedges, and we had found fairy-rings to prove our pretendings true. From Wordnik.com. [Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers] Reference
"pretended," for we do not mean it to be taken literally but as a figure of something else that we wish to say. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
"I pretended to be dead and they left me," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Iron Bars and Scalding Water] Reference
I pretended to be dismayed, but secretly I was pleased. From Wordnik.com. [We've Got Mail--Always] Reference
At one point, he pretended to keel over backward from the weight of the jacket. From Wordnik.com. [First Brush With History] Reference
You pretended to have it one day, and I thought you were just doing it to calm me. From Wordnik.com. [City Of Angels] Reference
"When we did 'Sgt. Pepper' we pretended we were other people," says the singer, 53. From Wordnik.com. [Come Together] Reference
Or at least the façade that producers pretended was located on the Upper East Side. From Wordnik.com. [Girls Gone Mild] Reference
So we pretended that John had just rung us up and said, 'I'm going on holiday in Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Come Together] Reference
When Schroder and Lafontaine campaigned together last year they pretended to be friends. From Wordnik.com. [To Lead Or Not To Lead...] Reference
It is now economically correct to point out the world was never as global as it pretended to be. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Globaloney?] Reference
They pretended to live there ... until a fellow parent ratted them out, and their kid was expelled. From Wordnik.com. [LETTER FROM NEW YORK] Reference
To further confuse the issue, on "" Good Morning America '' she pretended to slip a male stagehand her phone number. From Wordnik.com. [The Outer Limits] Reference
A hundred volunteers with orange bandannas pretended to storm the local television station; Young Guards mobilized to defend it. From Wordnik.com. [Young Russia Rises] Reference
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