But he was hurt now, hurt inside, hurt in his ribs and he stayed hunched over, pretended to be dead. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now is when we can stop pretending to be normal. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended that it belonged to us: him, Rose, and me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They pretend that there is no difference between public and private life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband told the story of the Waco man privately to Miss Mayblunt who pretended to be greatly amused and to think it extremely clever. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that I get to pretend I'm the most important thing to him, the way he is to me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we were greedy, we pretended to quarrel, and it always worked. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying hard to pretend he isn’t here, but he’s pretending I’m the only one here. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He turns out the light and lies down on the floor beside the chair, with just his arm for a pillow, and for a long time I can't tell whether he's asleep or pretending. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It angered Cole when people pretended they did. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I shuffled uneasily and pretended to go through some more reports. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We know a cow died to provide them, but we don’t like to think about it. We pretend they came out of the pantry. Well, the villagers pretend the evil baby was born dead.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know for a fact—for a FACT—that they’re only pretending to attach my cable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, honey, go on and be mad, that makes you look even more like your ma. She liked to pretend to fight, too.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended my face was made of granite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worked, or at least the ’rents managed to hide their reactions from Jeffrey when they came downstairs.We all sat at the breakfast table, pretending to be normal and cheerful. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So behave yourselves and pretend you’re the good, proper citizens you masquerade as when you out and about on the boulevard, okay?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I turned back to my book, and Rondell pretended to read his Bible. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And you?' said Uncle Vernon viciously to Harry. “I’ll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there,” said Harry dully. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She looks up and smiles into my lens and then pretends to engross herself in her work. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Jimmy pretended to be this happy-go-lucky guy, playing around with the bartenders and waitresses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And even five minutes before the game, in the dugout, he bent down, pretending to tie his shoe, and closed one eye and prayed: “Please let me win this ball game.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, they preferred to pretend we didn't exist, except when we got in their way. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It said that as kids mature, they tend to outgrow their pretend world. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And from the moment in the supermarket when he had realized he must pretend in order not to worry his mother, part of Will’s mind was always alert to her anxieties. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and looked at the runny eggs and tried to pretend they looked good. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tom had pretended to carry a message to Maria, and Felicia had done the same with Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Benson would ask why and I could pretend I was embarrassed about filling out a love survey. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Cooper had to cough so he could pretend not to be laughing, and he winked at Johnny in spite of the dignity of his black clericals, white bands, and great woolly wig. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung her up, kissed her, nuzzled her neck, and, because it always made her laugh, pretended to throw her down on the floor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Gradually he circled faster, pretending to run with the pack in pursuit of a wounded moose. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That’s why kids liked them, pretending they were down with the rock trade. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My pretend mother opened her pocketbook and took out a little brown envelope. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Another officer pretended to give her a good spanking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram is trying to pretend how excited she is I'm finally in the eighth grade, like this is a really big deal. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ajay was already stretched out on the muddy bank at the far side of the pond, pretending to be asleep. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

At what point my mother decided it was appropriate to pretend to be okay, I had no real clue. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Fine," his mother said, not even pretending that she was okay with it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice as Samwell Tarly had. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of those pretend cops comes by in his little golf cart and tells me to head home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The children banged on the glass and pointed at the types in a disrespectful fashion, startling them as they pretended to fuss with sailor’s knots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“That wasn’t a hint. He does make me pretend to be straight,” Miles says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Trying to pretend he's a foreign exchange student living in our house, like he always is.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were signed Love, Martha, but Lieutenant Cross understood that Love was only a way of signing and did not mean what he sometimes pretended it meant. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were things you and the people around you pretended not to know, because just to acknowledge that they existed meant they could get into your homes, into your beds, under your skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One day that September, the undercover operative who was pretending to be an insurance salesman stopped at a filling station in Fairfax and struck up a conversation with a woman working there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He paused there, hands on the wet iron railing, looking out across the black water while his dæmon wound herself round his legs, pretending to pester for attention but really watching every movement behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should have been honest with Dr. Zimmer's secretary, or pretended to be concerned about the ailing Rosen family and asked where I could deliver a pot of soup. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart throbbed with pain as I watched my brother lying on the ground, pretending to be one of the dead bodies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She’s relieved, I know, and I’m happy to not be pretending. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We pretended the little boy who walked in with his mom had telekinesis. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, that was it. Oh that was it, but how can you believe that? How can you believe that? I can’t even make myself pretend that you could believe that.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a nuisance he is,” I said aloud, and I scrambled up the rocks after him, pretending to myself I did not want to go to the other beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Having said these words, the insulted Anne turned around and pretended the learned doctor wasn’t there. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I remind myself that in movies the bad guys are always pretending to be good guys. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So it befell that by false cunning and pretended tears those were conquered whom great Diomedes had never overcome, nor savage Achilles, nor ten years of warfare, nor a thousand ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend like I didn’t care. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This afternoon, as every afternoon, she pretended to have somewhere to go, and hurried on. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of going inside for dinner, the children had clung to their pretend dishes of dirt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Gilgamesh was only part god, on his mother's side, though he pretended otherwise." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the girl standing at the base of the monument, reading or pretending to read a poster which ran spirally up the column. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know, of course, that I was making up most of what I wrote, pretending to be the all-American daughter my parents wanted me to be. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone else has gone from the classroom, but I’m pretending to look for pencils in my desk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Actually, what she sounded like was a robot, someone pretending to be human and doing a lousy job of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He pretended to like children, most of all the Tate children, but I could tell he really didn’t. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I stood up and pretended to follow along even though I didn’t know half the words. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They are pretend meals, but it isn’t clear who they’re for. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there pretending to listen to what somebody’s perfectly nice wife was saying to me, but my eyes stayed fixed on Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I pretend not to listen, but I do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But after we talked Mami into letting me board, I have to pretend. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To take my mind off how miserable I felt I pretended that’s exactly what it was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she realized that Amaranta was dressing the saints in the bedroom she pretended to show the boy the differences in the colors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Harry, who did not feel as sanguine as he had pretended when reassuring Hermione, was glad to reach the gate and the slippery pavement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We eat our potatoes with plenty of salt and I eat my fat and pretend it’s that nipple of red meat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But if we pretend that, why do we need the blindfold? Can’t we just pretend not to see?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Grandma was in them, too, with the way Mother said her voice was, like a bird’s voice if it pretended to be cross but really wasn’t. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to pretend to be part of a tone cult?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Going,” I said, and then closed my eyes and pretended sleep. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys were all pretending to ignore the picking process, pretending they didn’t care where they came in the order. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t hear him, or pretended not to. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I face a corner and pretend to study algebra. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be home early. Let’s just pretend this is a normal day.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Taking the girl to she room,” she said, directing her words at Aloe, pretending that she wasn’t talking to Pet, getting its permission to remove Jam. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They’ve decided that Joey is their newest crush and I’ve been pretending to agree with them, even though he’s always mean to me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because no matter how much I pretended it didn’t exist, there was something between us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put a hand behind my back and pretended to look like I had a carrot as I walked toward him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra made herself stand and pretend to consider for several seconds before picking out a rag doll with big vacant eyes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When we exited the highway, you can bet I pretended not to see the old Red Carpet Inn, scene of my latest, greatest mistake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"I am going to pretend I didn't hear that," Louis replies. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Anytime the girls and I came to visit, we didn’t even pretend to want to stay there, booking a hotel room for the four of us instead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t want to scare her, but you can’t pretend that her life isn’t going to be hard. It’s not fair.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“If we get out of here right now, maybe nobody will, and we can all just pretend like we weren’t here. Like it didn’t happen.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The ones who practiced the shy, downward glance, who pretended giggly outrage when a boy made a suggestive remark, who waited to be seen and never made the first move. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s the truth, and you know it. Stop pretending it’s not.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Booth, pretending not to hear, stares down at his mail as if he is studying the return addresses. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I ask even though she ain’t in real school, just the pretend kind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I kept working and whistling Old Flap on, pretending I hadn’t seen nothing atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been able to tell her about Grover’s pretending to be away when he was not; even so, she wasn’t sleeping very well, he’d noticed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lon slipped into the Library, clinging to the walls as the Second had instructed him, pretending that he too could melt seamlessly into dapplings of light on the marble floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I spread my math homework out on the table and pretended to work on it as Mama cleared away the last of the supper dishes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pretended to swoon, just like Mina in the movie, and Maddie bent close to his throat, pausing just short of putting her mouth on his skin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s cool. But next time you guys decide to all hang out without me,” she says, “text me some pictures or something. Just so I can pretend I still have friends.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You know, someone from the KKK who wants to collect that reward money could pretend to be a graduate.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I wish that I could pretend to be something I’m not too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be lost in my grimy library copy paperback, Maximum Ride, I forget which number in the series. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Act One, Scene Six is the pickpocket scene, right?” asks Taylor, because she's also the kind of person who pretends to ask a question just to show off what she already knows. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I pretend the third one went off on a fantastic journey somewhere, but I know better because I’ve read all about the nestling stage and I know how tough life can be for baby birds. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But Lady Seymour was the wealthy, elderly widow of a British lord, incapable of social error, so all pretended she had not said a word. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was in bed pretending not to cry, and her mother was stroking her forehead, whispering to her gently. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Is he still pretending to love me for the audience? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But they’re my favorite kind. If you eat them slow and close your eyes, you can pretend it’s dessert from some fancy restaurant.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I pretended like I was digging for a few more seconds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pretended it would not always be like this. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He and Jay used to pretend that those big oak trees were ancient creatures rising from the earth’s core. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

We hang out all night and when Alejandro comes out from his office, Ellen slides off the counter and pretends to be a customer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He still wasn’t convinced I’d climbed the Thumb, but by the time he steered the skiff into Wrangell Narrows, he pretended to be. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

About halfway to the bathroom, I sort of started pretending I had a bullet in my guts. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pauses, either pretending to remember or remembering to pretend. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She pretended to lack a big guy in the crotch and we both laughed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks I am asleep, and I pretend to be so. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descheeny came down to the hunters who pretended to be adjusting the harnesses and tightening the cinches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll just keep in the background and pretend to be a—ooh, maybe I could pretend to be a dragon tamer. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend she was taking a nap, her hands folded at her stomach, just sleeping away the afternoon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the acreage, they walked along a frozen river and Madeleine pretended she was skating. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We pretended—like role-playing—but we never really did anything about it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pretend to cough, and jostle my elbow so she wakes up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Not everything had a cause, and pretending otherwise was an interference in the workings of the world that was futile, and could even lead to grief. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pretend to nibble on my cookie for as long as possible, but the peanut butter tastes like dirt. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was nice to pretend that its sleek outline wasn’t back there, hunting, but it was a fantasy. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the smell, too, I don’t pretend it don’t smell, but it don’t smell nearly so bad as men make out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I pretend to look at bandages before I go somewhere else, and then a whole group of soldiers walks into the pharmacy, talking loudly in German. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Trying to pretend it didn’t matter that Eddie had ditched me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Cadets and Skulls pretend to shake off the rumors, but the Yearlings aren't so skilled at hiding their fear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I thought about pretending I was sick, but seeing as I told Daddy all about yesterday, wasn’t no use. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

All dressed up, pretending to be grown-up, and inside I couldn’t even handle a kiss. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to hear him and quickly walked around to the side of the trailer, which was about the size of our cabin. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the thin sharp light of the drugstore playing with a long spoon in a tall glass made her think of another woman occupying herself at a table pretending to drink from a cup. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after they had locked the door, I could see the Negro's face, a molasses-colored moon, risen at the window grating, but I pretended not to notice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

How Madeleine liked to read poetry and how he pretended that he did too but she knew he really didn’t. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And while I’d never lie and tell myself I actually changed the minds of people like Hilly and Elizabeth, at least I don’t have to pretend I agree with them anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, this is like all those romantic comedies where the girl hires a male escort to pretend to be her wedding date and then falls in love with him for real.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Francie knew they were making fun of his spats and to save his feelings, she pretended they hooted because he was carrying a baby and she offered to take Laurie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one crazy second I think he’s playing our driving game, pretending to sleep, but then I understand that he will never play anything ever again . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Fidencio was laughing with one of the other men and playfully pretending to jab at him with his fists. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to hear but felt her eyes bore holes in the back of my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I began to read in a low voice, pretending I was in class. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you must pretend that you like me, or else everything will be ruined.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He pretends to look at Malachy but throws the ball to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She said that when she looked at them, she would pretend not to see the bars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned from my pretend studying to look too. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hid in the back of the group, as I often did, trying to be inconspicuous, particularly since I had been pretending to be years older than I actually was. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Though reserved to the point of being shy, the sheriff was adept at assuming undercover identities, having pretended to be everything from a cow rustler to a counterfeiter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They tripped us, pulled our jerseys, got up in our faces, and pretended to throw punches. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignored her broken promises and pretended to be unaware of elapsed time when it came to her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They have to pretend to like one another and get along. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I did pretend to be captain of the debate team, you know.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sister Ignatia pretended to wave the comment away, but she pressed her lips together, suppressing a grin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Amit is still on the bench, pretending to listen to the man's one-sided lecture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gave Lily an irritated look, but she was still pretending to watch the teacher. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I am pretending that I have an American family and this is my family book.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dry cleaner’s run by his uncle who pretended to sneeze quarters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Father, I keep my eyes guarded,” I said, pretending humility. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Every time I saw her after that, I would pretend to look down, busy rearranging my books or the buttons on my sweater, guilty that I knew everything about her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to watch someone you cared about pretend to be someone he wasn’t. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay,” I said, pretending he had twisted my arm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s the one time of the year when pretending is enough. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I pretend I am studying the cobwebs under the roof. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

After maybe ten extremely uncomfortable minutes, during which we pretended to sip at the dregs of our ice-cold coffee, Henry walked in, a book beneath his arm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once she was ready to be given to the groom, she would pretend to cry, and we would stroke her hair and tell her not to worry. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You mean pretend? Blow kisses and put on my sparkle hips like when I was little?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We put pots on our heads and pretend to let them fall off. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Black Pocahontas stayed wrapped in her blanket teepee pretending to be unafraid. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Now he saw that all the time she had been cheating him, only pretending to be too virtuous to love him, and meanwhile sporting with her wounded knights under his very nose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody in our family is rich, but it seems like everybody saves up just enough for these kind of events, and we all pretend we’re rich for a day. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wander over and pretend to admire a shawl when I notice a green-and-gold box with a curved lid. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When Bull reached the lights of the stage, he fell to one knee, contorted his face in the pre-agony of nausea, then threw his head forward violently, pretending to vomit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today my earmuffs are blinders too: I pretend I don’t see Jax and Deb walking together a block ahead without me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She waited, pretending an interest in each bit of cargo that came over the rail. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn off the ceiling light, I pretend we at The Raven. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I look around and pretend to address a crowd of people. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No, but I thought that was on account of you liking him, see? Some folks pretend not to like the person they most love.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I played games in my head, pretending LeBron or Kobe or even Clyde and Hondo were covering me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nurse Evil and I settle into a grudging routine where I pretend she doesn’t exist and she leaves ever more obnoxious sticky notes to let me know that she does. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They never even looked in here, Hannah. I flushed the toilet and pretended to be going, and no one came in.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wells pretended not to notice; but like a horse that has heard the hum of a rattlesnake, he shied away from the betrayed man’s venomous vicinity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because this is America. You’re supposed to pretend that you don’t notice certain things.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If he really has a solution, he should have told us. He shouldn’t pretend he has solutions when he doesn’t.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy and I laugh but Eugene only reaches up to touch the blackness of Pa Keating’s skin, and then when Pa pretends to bite his little hand, Eugene laughs and everyone in the room laughs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I would pretend to be surprised to see him, and he would feign shock that a busy girl like me had time for a stroll. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gesture is completely unnecessary, but I pretend my little injury is maybe worse than I thought. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The outdoor mice were defiant, but Ralph could tell they were not as brave as they pretended. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Max and I have pretended a lot of things today. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Still, there wasn’t any use pretending anything else. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Marshall, honey,” she said, “it’s just a game. Just pretend. We wouldn’t really hurt you.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the dish in front of me, pretend it’s delicious, avoid looking at it as much as possible, and it’s gone before I’ve had time to realize what it is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Dragging the sack on the floor behind him, Papa stooped over, moving his hands up and down and around imaginary plants, pretending he was picking cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he moved around the fire, pretending to sniff about like a mouse. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Not really, but I always liked to pretend the business was a front for the Persian mafia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like sharing or laughing or pretending that everything was all good. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Charlie takes a pretend shot at the ground and makes a horrible mooing sound. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Close your eyes and pretend you're dead," he advised the singer before he hefted the axe and turned away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then there’s a long silence while people pretend to eat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Early Monsoon We pretend the monsoon has come early. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So there’s a video deep in the depths of YouTube of the three of us lip-syncing to the Jonas Brothers and pretending to play guitars and drums in Hailey’s bedroom. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing I can think of is: pretend some vulnerability. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I smiled and pretended my shoulder didn’t hurt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By slighting death, by acting, we pretended it was not the terrible thing it was. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could of at least pretended to be glad I’d escaped from the jaws of death on that trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He could pretend to go to his room, then run away before Yam or anyone else knew what was going on. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I pretend I don’t hear her—as I have tried to do all week when she brings up some other dumb thing about Michael Clark. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes are still puffy but I pretend not to notice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to have a refrigerator box that I pretended was Fernlace. I made a flag and cut a door and everything.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I pretend that I’ll be graduating in a few months and going to college, like my friends. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Usually, I would pretend to be nice, but this morning I feel real, like myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only once in all the years of trying not to watch him, I saw him pretend to himself and others that he wasn’t lame. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you really surprised? I suck! I'm sorry, but I suck, and we've all known it. Now it's official. So let’s stop pretending.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to me about spirituality, and I pretended to be interested. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I nod and pretend to study the oar, but the truth is, I can’t tell where it broke. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Resting my head on her shoulder, I close my eyes and pretend. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I would pretend I was seventeen and join the army. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There are no real doctors or nurses, only ordinary people ordered to pretend to be medical experts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should run over and pretend to get hit by her car when she backs up.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was stuck in that jar because of me; I couldn’t pretend it didn’t exist. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And a lot of the kids pretended to. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed as he realized I wasn’t going to let him pretend he didn’t know what I was talking about. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is 2,200 years since Aristarchus, and our language still pretends that the Earth does not turn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we told Mom and Dad about our reading groups, we paused before the word “gifted,” clasping our hands beneath our chins, fluttering our eyelids, and pretending to look angelic. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Better start pretending you’re a hard worker. It’s just over that rise. And hurry up. We don’t get out there before every other black fool, we’ll be out of luck.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing my name written out on the second note was also pretty creepy, because I was still trying to pretend the notes weren’t really meant for me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They were so bad we couldn’t stop laughing about it, fake gagging and pretending we were going to puke up his mom’s way-too-tomatoey spaghetti. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She and Dad have a deal where she’s pretending she’s on a rural writer’s retreat and getting her writing work done. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

So I am learning to pretend, to smile and nod, to display empathy I do not feel. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pretended to consider it for a moment, grinning. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I leaned low over my knee, pretending not to notice as they came out of the office. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She took a leaf, then let it flutter away without pretending to taste it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Being at assembly with everyone either looking at me or doing their best to pretend I wasn’t there was all I could stomach. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He gave me the address, which I pretended to note down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Emma and Finn had started taking turns pretending to be kidnappers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He is playing with my hair, and to make him stop, I lean over and pretend to search for something in my bag. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had to figure a way to keep my mind on doing what was right and to pretend everything was okay. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

SJ glares at him and pretends to shove a finger down her throat as she approaches the seat to Justyce’s left. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Seven shimmied her shoulders, pretending she was shaking off her fears, found purchase on a knob, and began to work her way up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told them, “Shut up, and don’t call me—” Then both my pretend poppa and my pretend momma smacked my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Ambrose is pretending to be a pastor to avoid the army.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was no need to pretend these stone snakes were real; their eyes looked strangely alive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Just like back when you and Clancy pretended to be in the Super Bowl, him the quarterback and you the wide receiver. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

If the opossum could pretend to be dead, the robot could pretend to be alive. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe the British wanted a place where they could pretend they weren’t in China, I thought. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A typical scientific paper has never pretended to be more than another little piece in a larger jigsaw—not significant in itself but as an element in a grander scheme. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s everything to him. You might be patient with him and pretend to listen.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a good mentor, Haymitch makes me eat a sandwich and then pretends he believes I’m asleep for the rest of the trip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He got left out of games, boys refused to sit next to him at dinner, or pretended not to hear if he said anything in his dorm after lights-out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the most unforgiving speech,” said Elizabeth, “that I ever heard you utter. Good girl! It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley’s pretended regard.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Bren pretends he is dancing with someone, then twirls around and tries to dip himself. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The whole class had watched me the entire time, trying to pretend they weren’t watching, as I had collected my supplies and arranged them at my workspace. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Wash pretended to cover his ears when Peggy hit another wrong note, and then said loudly, “I think I’ll go do some chores till this is over.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom would apologize to him, but I pretended not to hear and would say, “What do you want to play, Ali Shekari?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was no use to pretend she didn’t remember. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her questions, and she pretended I hadn’t. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I guess I’m pretending to be asleep, though that sounds dishonest. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel tears burn just beneath the surface of my pretend smile as I put Papa out of my thoughts and listened to the cheerful chatter all around. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I just stopped where I was, pretended to examine a jigsaw and waited for them to notice me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not pretending you don’t exist,” he continued. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I muttered something that she pretended to ignore. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that she had recognized him as the boy who had ‘stolen the cup,’ the very first time she had met him delivering papers at her house, but she pretended not to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dean pointed at the same girl who used to pretend to be a pony at Miss Throckmorton's and make nests using acorns as eggs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They started pretending they were missing on purpose. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I take Chantal’s blanket, wrap it around me, and pretend it’s my mother’s arms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend like the move is no big deal, since Mom and Dad are so hot on it, especially Mom, who’s been wanting her own house forever. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mother thought I didn't know. I pretended to believe they were my real parents, to make her happy." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Mom had said, laughing and pretending to try to catch his tongue before he yanked it back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“As long as you don’t black your face and pretend to be a monkey I don’t mind what you do,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot easier to pretend the world will go on spinnin’.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be fine when anyone who looked at me could see the bags under my eyes and the way I jumped like a nervous cat at sudden noises. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I close the door behind me to keep in the steam, look over my shoulder twice, and then pretend that Jenna is standing guard for me at the top of the stairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have even been invited to the party if it weren’t for me, but here he was, having a great time, while I pretended to like my lukewarm beer. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of ignoring her infirmity, pretending it was not there, he made it seem like something special and endearing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole raised his head and spit into the dark; then he pretended to lick up the spit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It irked Ifemelu that Bartholomew was not interested in the son of the woman he was courting, and did not bother to pretend that he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Alice was playing with Lyra, holding her up so her feet touched the ground, pretending to make her walk. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She might as well hang out her shingle like Fela and pretend the girls are taking possession of her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pretended this tall guy with a black mustache was a French painter here to find the woman he’d met in Paris years ago. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I used to start fires in the bowels of easterly Rock and stare at the flames for hours, pretending they were dragonfire. Sometimes I'd imagine my father burning. At other times, my sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could try to pretend that I didn’t care anymore, but it could never be true again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

HERMIONE: But I like the concept, a pretend mouse for her cat. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Exhausted from the effort of pretending to be strong. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He and all his men ignored Merry and pretended not to hear if he spoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

To cope, I pretended I was destined for a different life, just like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, the Little Princess and, of course, Alice. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I pretended like I was used to older hot girls showing me love. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If someone asked me a question, I pretended to be deaf. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They complain about it, instead of begging God to bring them back and pretending they were little angels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lowering and rising, Cole wandered off away from the fire, then pretended the fire was the goal of his long migration. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we sit with her parents around the fire and I pretend I’m part of the family. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This is where we should hug or kiss or pretend to. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Want to go where I don’t have to pretend I’m not hungry, where I can eat all that’s on my plate and not feel greedy. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be asleep, enjoying the fact that we could be in the same room and relatively peaceful, even if it was a hospital room. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Zuri, you don't have to pretend to be someone you're not. Just be yourself. Admissions counselors really like that. You know, keep it a hundred,” Carrie says with that annoying high-pitched voice of hers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever anyone came to the house during the day, I would dash out to the backyard and pretend to be the gardener. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it had been so easy then, to laugh and pretend, even if just for a second, that we would be okay. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His anger and annoyance was so palpable, Emily forgot for a second that they were pretending. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like they were pretending they hadn’t seen, the way people did when they didn’t want to get involved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Using her and James’s secret code, she wrote out her plan, but made an effort to act like she was trying to recall the pretend cipher she was conjuring up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad comes in and checks on me, and although he pretends to be upbeat, he’s irked. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Julia asks, pretending she doesn’t know what I’m talking about, and acting all innocent. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he was taking advantage of the people in his neighborhood—including my uncle—and he kinda-sorta pretended to be someone he wasn’t. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I still have a hard time pretending to be supportive. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I know nothing of this gold, and if you do, you had best pretend otherwise. As for the wineskins, they contain date wine and you will bring them to me as before.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I pretend Mom and Dad are the Dursleys and they sent you away because you had magical powers instead of a baby growing inside you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The other men at the table, who had pretended not to be listening, grunted and nodded their agreement. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, Flash,” said Bongo, “you understand the drill, right? You pretend to be dead. You guys are good at that, right?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Foolish, mayhap. But it has always been so. Girls must come to the Handfasting untouched, or pretend to be. Otherwise...” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Being warmer might be better than pretending I can dress normal in cold weather. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

As long as she fixed on leaves and blossoms, stems and seeds, she could pretend it was a normal day, and there weren’t ghosts standing guard under the arches of the arcade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn knelt down and set Miss Peregrine on the ground on her side, then reached under her wing and pretended to wind something. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We both figured, though, that if we knuckled down and pretended to focus on mastering new skills, it would be just like last week. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and at some point, you will. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The old woman pretending to be the Lonely King slapped the bartender across the face when he turned around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They kept exchanging glances and laughing, and although they pretended it was for our benefit, it was clear they were remembering for each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was pretending to be asleep. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she always pretended they were at fault. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, I pretend to dry heave, then burst into a fit of coughs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She also pretended their cigarette smoke didn’t bother her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to see her, not moving and even holding his breath so as not to frighten her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nearly freaked when I pretended that I couldn’t remember how to change it back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then he took the small carving away from Amari, kissed it gently, and pretended to rock it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought there would be too many people, so I stood up and pretended to yawn. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Messenger or no, her fumblings prompted a burst of laughter from the other students—except for Kate, who pretended not to notice as she grabbed Sticky’s arm, dragging him toward the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but she’s simply charming, you must meet her—” This about me, a whisper on the fringe of a crowd, and I would turn away, pretending I had not heard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Nguyen would scowl like Lee Majors, pretend he was running in slow motion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the part about pretending I was a deaf-mute was crazy, but I liked thinking about it anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

All you can do, the guard at the village had said, is pretend she’s not there. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I now crouched down in front of Tommy, no longer pretending anything. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever I pretended, I could never look at his lips in quite the same way. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to see them watching me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“There’s no use pretending anymore. A lot of things are changing fast,” Tía says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jessie felt Oliver’s eyes settle on her as she pretended to review the dinner menu. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Based on the feelings pumping through Mark at the moment, he didn’t know how long he could pretend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to love them, but he did. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not have to pretend to be frightened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t have to do anything with the tortoise if you hadn’t pretended we were the people the Sea King had called!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No,” Baby said, and pretended to focus on her empty plate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She breaks away from me and pretends to eat something. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Who cares what you say? Ike’s nothing but poor trash, pretending to be better than anyone else.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She looked the other way and pretended she hadn’t seen him, and then seized him suddenly when he leapt onto the bench. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Epicycles were a way of having deviations from perfectly circular motion while pretending that there were no deviations from perfectly circular motion. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The thing I could never figure out, though, was why he pretended. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He began to pretend he didn't know me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I quickly get back in bed and pretend to sleep until Effie Trinket comes to alert me to the start of another "big, big, big day!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I spend most of this first morning pretending to dig around in the garbage bins. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was also impossible to just come to the track and pretend like I hadn't just come from the hospital. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The witch or wizard would perform a basic Flame Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling sensation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He grins, pretends he’s putting on a helmet, then he pushes the controller to its max position and takes off across the room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All went well on the voyage, but when they disembarked and started overland for the palace, Tereus told Philomela that he had received news of Procne’s death and he forced her into a pretended marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How near it may be to mine, I cannot pretend to say. You think it a faithful portrait undoubtedly.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The monkeys screamed and pulled; and Minli and the dragon no longer pretended to be asleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the whole hallway is just so confusing to me, everyone pretending to be friends when really nobody is friends, when nobody wants anything but this chance, this job. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend she wasn’t there, because back then I was pretending the whole world wasn’t there. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just spit on him, he’s pretending it didn’t happen that way. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lydia made a zipping motion over her mouth, then locked it with a pretend key. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bennie always makes a big deal out of Mom, pretending he’s in love with her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I would look at them, really fixate on them, and for a little while I could pretend I was home.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He quietly put the phone back on the receiver and pretended to be looking for breakfast. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Should she pretend she knew all about it or play dumb? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Piggy, always clumsy, stood up and came to stand by him, so mat Ralph rolled on his stomach and pretended not to see. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But she has a way of pretending she doesn't. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I just had to pretend it wasn’t so, even though some part of me kept saying I truly had to fend for myself now. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretends to take a bite out of it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mr. Amos had only pretended to lock the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Him pretending that on this very day, every year, he could have a piece of his little girl back through me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Sí, I do pretend to want to go to please Mamá and Uncle Antonio. They spoke to me of our going before you came out. I’ve had some time to think.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It got under Obie’s skin, mostly because he suspected that it was an act, that Archie wasn’t as cool as he pretended to be. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try acting your age and pretending you been outta Possum Moan once or twice.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He laughed at their serious faces, which made him feel uncomfortable, and pretended to asperge Arthur with his cup of water to make them smile. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad must have arranged for the weirdest people in town to pretend they were his family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tray in hand, Mister Mancini took a seat and pretended not to notice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Too late to pretend it didn’t exist He uncapped the pen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My mom hovers in the doorway and I keep my eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend my voice can carry all the way to where Amma can hear it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He might pretend to go and then turn back, and catch me in the act of stealing the cart and suit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My sister did not want to sit in the pretend class, but she helped in the clapping. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I think we made his day by not pretending he’s invisible. Thanks for seeing him with me.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Katniss,” he says softly, “it’s no use pretending we don’t know what the other one is trying to do.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I be fightin’ for my freedom,” the boy said, pretending to hold a musket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Ernie said, cool, trying hard to pretend like he wasn’t shocked by Grandpop’s eyes or the fact that he was giving him his shades. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Without actually touching anything, he'd pretend that he was driving, and driving fast, along the curves of an empty road. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whether they like to pretend the fighting’s nearby or they simply don’t have any other way to express their joy, I don’t know! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As I work, I remember when I was a little girl pretending to be a rich indigena. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they said these things, I pretended I wasn’t hearing them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walk around with my water bottle pretending to be better than what I am. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grunting with effort and rage, he pretended to throw his spear, then fell to the ground and clutched his hip and arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"Ain't nobody trying to be Bolt. I'mma be better than Bolt. Plus, at least I got on running clothes. You out here in your daddy's gear pretending to be something you not." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Emily, pretending to read her book and not pay them any attention, had felt wistful and a tiny bit jealous. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone and pretended that she was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Joe and Espy, who pretended not to pay attention. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Four o’clock comes, and I finally finished all that wood, but Judd pretends he’s asleep. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he turned his attention to the book in his lap and pretended that I wasn’t there at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pretended as hard as I could, and after a while I was convinced I could feel wings sprouting from my shoulders. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He bent at the waist and moved with jerky motions, trying to pretend he was gliding through water the way whales in the bay had. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They pretended to be ignorant of what had happened at the unit meeting. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For every season he bad the best place, like a cat, and he yelled and ran and fought and upset people and snoozed and daydreamed and pretended he was a Knight, without stopping. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tried approaching me before we had taken our seats, but I had pretended not to see her and turned away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was, after all, some fun to be had spending an evening pretending to be pretentious. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I can’t just pretend my day was fine with you as a witness to what really happened. Sometimes it makes me not like you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They knew what had happened at school, and what was happening now, but they dismissed it in that self-serving way parents often had of pretending anything they can’t solve is not really a problem. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It makes it easier to pretend that "Jennica" can someday be something more. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t go around putting potions in people’s drinks...or pretending to, either, which is just as bad...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I listen to their conversation, keeping my head lowered, pretending to eat my food. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hannah did her best to ignore them, pretending to read while waiting for Mr. Porter to arrive. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I was just pretending to be scared. For fun.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He got up, pretending to be offended, and looked out into the night, Riccio and Mosca nudged each other, and Prosper couldn't hold back a grin. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to give the order kindly, but at the same time, he could not pretend that it was not an order. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She took a drink of her soda, and I took a drink of mine, pretending to study the dickens out of that map. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Being seventeen and bored in a small town, I like to pretend sometimes that I’m a pessimist. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The coach either did not hear him correctly or pretended not to. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was as if there were an unspoken agreement on the mountain to pretend that these desiccated remains weren’t real—as if none of us dared to acknowledge what was at stake here. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s go to Vegas and pretend we haven’t got relatives.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes her glasses up, and I pretend not to notice her eyes filling with tears. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hell, I’ve spent the past eleven years pretending none of it ever happened, and outside of the nightmare, I’ve been successful at keeping it shoved waaaaay to the back of my mind. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Dimple pretended to be pulling at an errant curl and swiped a hand across it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He even took it out and pretended to blow his nose, trying to make sure Naima spotted the signal. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw it all, too. The Sleeper was almost your home dad,” said Mini, pretending to gag. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tidbit laughed, dropped to the ground, and pretended to slither like a snake. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mya puts her phone away and shrugs casually, standing and pretending to look at some of the artwork on the walls. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’d pretend to be asleep whenever Mom called up the stairs, telling me to come to dinner. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The bartender pretended to be looking for something on his shelves. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred even got to pretend he was driving a very fast car with squealing tires. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She liked, most of all, that in this place of affluent ease, she could pretend to be someone else, someone specially admitted into a hallowed American club, someone adorned with certainty. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he waves and drives off, pretending not to hear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I consider folding the paper back up and pretending I picked my own name. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The reporters followed and Moss tried to ignore their presence, tried to pretend that they didn’t matter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We leave the table when Ray gets home and pretend it’s so we can do homework. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t even going to pretend to study. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Spy novels, as I and the military know but my brother does not, are crawling with spies who pretend to be harmless butterfly fanciers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roy had no choice but to pretend he was tiring, too. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When passers-by stared at him, he pretended he was searching for a lost coin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to care, but secretly I was petrified. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was dissimulating, like some of the teachers at the college, who, to avoid trouble when driving through the small surrounding towns, wore chauffeur caps and pretended that their cars belonged to white men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying his heart isn’t in the right place,” said Professor McGonagall grudgingly, “but you can’t pretend he’s not careless. He does tend to — what was that?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When Hiroshi and one of his cousins take their turn, Hiroshi pretends to have a cane and his cousin holds an imaginary spear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stood where I was and pretended I had no idea what they were saying. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled in and pretended to fall asleep immediately. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She's probably made an active effort to pretend I'm not a vegetarian hundreds of times over the last two years, but now that there's company, remembering a personal fact about me makes her look thoughtful. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's like the dudes in teen movies who pretend to ask the nerdy girl to prom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then, he pretend growls and soon, him and Spot, like big babies, are leaping off the porch and rolling in the crabgrass. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I just finished Perseus. That there is Algol—the demon star. This here is pretend outer space—or fantasy outer space—so we’re not really interested in arranging the constellations the way they usually appear.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t for the sounds of traffic whooshing down Flatbush, you could almost pretend you were deep in the wilderness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in my own foul vocabulary of those days, I pretended to be without a care, so she let it drop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, man, the track is for runners, not people who want to pretend like they runners," Lu jabbed, now standing straight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

What is the point in pretending I am in the Bastille? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Usually, one of her classmates would howl in the background, pretending to be a wolf calling to the night: Aroooooooo! Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s crazy the things a person can pretend not to notice. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His teeth even yellower in the sun, his eyes wild with glee, he thrust the pigeon before Palmer’s face, and then Dorothy’s, and as he had so often pretended, wrung its neck. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Deborah and I stared at the choir behind him, our faces blank, pretending not to see. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t pretend it had come to us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I got to the part about Geryon and the stables, my mom pretended like she was going to strangle me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I want to close my eyes and pretend I have just fallen asleep in front of the television. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I returned to the table, Nathaniel stood up and imitated me, pretending to smooth a skirt and fix his hair. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches it and pretends to open the door. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pretend it’s Violet who surrounds me instead, and then I open my eyes and push myself down, one arm out like Superman. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Does August see how other people see him, or has he gotten so good at pretending not to see that it doesn’t bother him? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

That we pretended to be rustics not ruled by custom but free to choose our love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And it was when he got to the bit where El-ahrairah dresses up and pretends to be the doctor at King Darzin’s palace that I suddenly had an idea. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That her best talent wasn’t defeating monsters...it was pretending. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

CLAUDETTE: The first few months I hoped and prayed and pretended it wasn’t true, but it was. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Then he lay down and drew the thick quilt about his shoulders and pretended to sleep. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, puke,” Matt said, leaning over the railing and pretending to vomit in the side yard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy didn’t look any different either, but when we started talking, it was hard to pretend this was just another visit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She considered pretending to be sick, but her mom would never buy it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was a group playing volleyball, and no one was even pretending to keep score. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s what I saw. I saw what happened, Jules. There’s no pretending.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, for someone who was just pretending to be my momma she sure did slap me a good one. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds, pressed between expensive fabrics and glittering jewels, he could pretend that he was lost among them, invisible in his simpler kaftan. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“To pretend that this baby is just a baby—to pretend like there’s no race issue here—is disingenuous,” Dr. Wong had snapped, while Serena fidgeted at the edge of the shot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can pretend to be brave, but I’m not. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to pretend my future’s wide open, and that anything can happen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you’ll be needing a lift out there,” Deerfoot said with pretended casualness, “your uncle said he would be going.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I can bear it no longer, and pretend I have just wakened up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to pretend to be listening to music,” she said, “you should also pretend not to hear what I’m saying.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He wished they could just move their Monopoly pieces and pretend the time wasn’t ticking away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is Dad’s empty chair, pretending he has no choice about these early meetings. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Inside the shop, we could at least pretend we were looking at the pictures. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tricky part was to make his way through the airport, pretending to be a passenger. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Shasta was pretending to lead but it was really Bree, who knew the way and kept guiding him by little nudges with his nose. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The College Republicans of Vanderbilt University cheer on the live feed, and Alex pretends to barf onto his latest policy draft. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our correspondent naïvely says that even Ellen Terry could not be so winningly attractive as some of these grubby-faced little children pretend—and even imagine themselves—to be. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But let’s pretend again that we have made it to the Oort cloud. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The saddest part is that Ellis still pretends they have the perfect relationship Mom wants them to have. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had pretended not to notice the bruises on her mom's wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Scrolling through her texts, Em pretended to shudder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was scared I would ruin it, that things would unravel in the most horrible ways, and that I would have to go on simply pretending—as always—to be fine. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But they were just ordinary men working blindly, pretending to be able to bring light into the darkness. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She and my pretend daddy laughed and he said, “It took you long enough to catch on, Clarence.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I pretended a smile and said it was somebody else, another friend, not Vince. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately I closed my eyes and let my tongue hang out and pretended I was dead. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She's going to pretend like it isn't a big deal, even though to me it's a huge deal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I think my parents had known about his many relationships, but I also think they were happy to pretend they didn’t. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Vega pretended like he was about to pop her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Things had been snowballing, fast, and I couldn’t pretend I wasn’t scared anymore. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom knocks on my door, but I pretend not to hear her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: We were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he pretended to be happy, he said, to see how other people reacted to him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As I approached, I saw nothing unusual: just two guys sitting in the lightwash of a huge television pretending to kill people. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She cradled them in her arm, the way the other girls did, and pretended for a moment that they were hers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, if you feel sorry for someone, don’t pretend to be happy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nate closed his eyes and pretended he was on one of those ships, heading out to the open sea. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah yes,” Gramps said, placing his hand on his heart and pretending to swoon, “Gloria!” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Was it, as “Batty” pretends, a mere effusion of grief? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the play takes place at their pretend kitchen table and sometimes, we're in their pretend living room but in real life we're just in folding chairs, sitting on the Kingdom Hall stage. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Inside, I looked out a jagged hole that was pretending to be a window. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"My goodness, Aunt Anne,” she said, pretending that that lady was in the room, "those doughnuts are even more delicious than usual.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was counting down until the day I could put this place behind me and pretend it was just a bad dream. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t created much of a story yet. I tried last week to dance the dance of anger, but I felt awkward, like I was pretending.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was a little old for that, but I said thank you and pretended to be absorbed in coloring. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But when I daydreamed, I continued to look at the teacher and pretend I was paying attention because Papa told me it was disrespectful not to pay attention, especially to grownups. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended, for me, that his mind and his heart were not dark and convoluted places. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s like talking to aliens pretending to be human. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it was foolish to pretend that she wasn’t in his mind. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pretended to agree with everything as if this was new and enlightening. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Right. And they let a monster come in the house and up to our door pretending to be Grandpa.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It’s these underpants, thin and gray with use, that hang dripping on the line over our heads as we sit in Grace’s cellar pretending to be schoolchildren. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretending to read over the notes for my English exam, but really I’m trying not to think about my wasted first kiss with stupid Adam. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was no pretending she didn't see him then. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Just think about being in a cool place. That always helps. Let’s pretend this is our new home in Norway. There’s a fjord outside and snow on the mountains.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a face at Muhammad and see Farooq hovering across from us, pretending to look at Islamic books. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She starts by looking in his direction, but Dussel pretends not to notice. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Now, let me guess what you want, Allen," she said, one hand on her chin, pretending like she was thinking. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Someone in the back of the room did that thing where you pretend to cough but you’re really saying a word loud enough for everyone to hear. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Wait, is it contagious?” asked Tyler, pretending to be afraid. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m not as strong as she is, and now I don’t have to pretend that I am. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her books on her desk, pretended to study. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’d decided he couldn’t win this fight, so he was going to pretend it never happened and Leah was beneath his notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was done pretending, acting as if I belonged here at a riding stable, of all the ridiculous places, one that catered to a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But even that didn't shut out the light, so I buried my head under the darkness of the pillow and pretended it was night. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I would smile and put the folded paper in my pocket, pretending that the blank paper was a special note she had written to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the side of his nose and tilted his head down, pretending to be very interested in the bilge at the bottom of the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t pretend that I understand. I just meant that...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to become intensely involved in my book. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why in blue blazes a misplaced book couldn’t wait until morning I don’t pretend to understand! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Willem leans over his bicycle; he's disabled his chain and is now pretending to fix it, working it back over the sprocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When not sleeping or studying, Thetans were fond of video games, constructing and solving elaborate puzzles, playing, inventing, and reimagining board games, and pretending to kill one another as part of live-action Mafia games. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could pretend she’s nodding her head, getting ready to break up with him if she hadn’t already. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tending to corpse after corpse, just so I could pretend that hiding myself among the dead would inoculate me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A summer of pretending that the end wasn't coming. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I stand up, pretend to stumble, and lurch toward the closest soldier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When we played make-believe, I’d put a sheet over my shoulders and pretend I was walking down long corridors, saying my beads, in my starched vestments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to pretend, is all I’m saying. I know Mr. Tushman talked to some kids before school started and told them they had to be friends with me.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the corporals caught up, he had tucked his shirt back in and was pretending to study the map. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went to the side of the run-down house and pretended to get a reading from the electric meter. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I pretended I was shopping for my brother, though no one asked any questions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hummed ditties and murmured to myself and pretended to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Getting out of trouble with Ms. Wockley for pretending to be in a horse race. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

So Mr. Alston and the other men wouldn’t get suspicious I headed south, pretending I was riding hard back to Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

What playmates he had withdrew from him and never returned, disposed, as they were, to distrust all strangers, especially one who had already deceived them by pretending to be someone they had known for years. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stared straight into the eyes of those girls pretending to look down on my family when I knew they benefited from our magic. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, out of a deep, adolescent cunning I do not pretend to understand, I realized immediately that I could not remain in the church merely as another worshipper. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Before awed spectators, the army fought pretend battles, with guns, tanks, communication battalions, motorcyclists, and cavalry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am shocked by recognition—if you live your life always afraid, always with danger on your heels, it is not so difficult to pretend away more danger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Later, a month before the fall semester was to begin, Daddy pretended to have changed his mind and told Wendell he could attend after all. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You pretend to be brave, and do stuff to prove you’re not a scared person like she is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When he got to the table he pretended not to see me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Elizabeth did not want to be confirmed, she felt free to tell her mother that she did not have the heart to pretend she believed in the Trinity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver was sitting inside one box, reading, and Laney was sitting in another, pretending she was a puppy. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Polly, sitting in a chair next to her, pretended to be weeping. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about pretending to be ill and escaping back to the castle, but Dvorah had put her coat somewhere and she didn’t know where. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rutledge said he believed he would, and I, pretending to be unaware of the plot, obliged by hanging around the fruit stalls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll put her nose in the air and pretend she never had such an idea in her head. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And this time, Patrick and Brad got stoned although Patrick said that Brad was pretending to be a lot more stoned than he really was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ben pretended to dribble a basketball down the street while his father pretended to guard him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come up with some of my best sketchbook ideas pretending to be sick down there. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Aibileen waves and I pretend I don’t even see my own best friend on the side of the road in her bright white uniform. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

While they recounted and sported, I pretended study, regimental discipline at that early date not having yet surrendered to the negligence of tactical despair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to pretend I wasn’t scared when I asked, “Where’s the hammer?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he was only pretending to be white.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I call the office pretending to be his father and say he has a doctor’s appointment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

While we waited to go home, we humored the people around us by pretending to be like them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to hear, and began scrambling over the rocks towards Jasper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed offended, like I’d insulted him by pretending to know more about his island than he did. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But pretending to be a writer wasn’t much fun without an audience, so pretty soon she brought her pencil and paper down to the breakfast table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It reminded me too much of the way Jesse had deflected my questions and pretended that life was wonderful even when it wasn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I see no reason why they should pretend to ignore his existence, even though any discussion of him is liable to be dismissed as Whig history. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He could have pretended to be a wandering storyteller. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pretend I’m trying to catch a pop-up and shield my eyes from the sun with my hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I tried hard as I could to see why she was pretending that me and the little girl were kin, but nothing would come, doggone-it-all! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss stood by a shed pretending nothing was happening. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When I got back Sally was pretending to be mad . . . something about the boys having stolen her keys. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always did now, and Sarai always answered, “Like a baby,” and pretended everything was fine. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He has a way of putting the two of them into the same camp, in pretended league against me, that annoys me more than it should. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he walks toward me, I consider closing my eyes and pretending to be asleep, but then our eyes meet and it’s too late. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He glanced around at the girls seated in the room, who were pretending not to listen, but whose ears stood up, alert as wild creatures in a meadow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was like looking at the sun through smoked glass, and her eyes could see him more clearly, though she still pretended to be dazzled by his face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to pretend I’m fishing,” cried Stuart, desperately. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though my parents would tease me and pretend they’d forgotten, every other year I’d find a big box wrapped in red paper. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She was quite her grumpy, silly self again, and we were relieved to pretend that we, too, had forgotten. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, Patrick said that Brad was pretending to be a lot drunker than he really was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The stifling orders, pretending to be someone he’s not—Alex has always tried to be a refuge for Henry from it all. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pretended to examine a leaf on one of the shrubs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That meant this pretend soldier was not just a king—he was the king of all the kings! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stopped and looked at her from behind a tree, knowing she’d heard him approach but glad she was pretending she hadn’t. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Emily pretended to be too absorbed in doodling a maze onto the margin of her notebook to have paid any attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I lie down and pretend to sleep, because I don’t want to lose those kids any more than the knights do. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Poppy joined in off-key as he stepped into the bathroom and Rafik pretended to be playing a trombone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The short answer if you ask me was that nobody had the slightest clue but it sure didn’t stop them from pretending they did. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But their ignorance also worked in our favor: it allowed us to invent code names for people we wanted to talk about and pretend that we were referring to family members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quietly lowered herself to the middle step and pretended to pick a splinter from the bottom of her foot. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick of pretending it doesn’t exist, just to make other people feel more comfortable. How about they just get comfortable with my reality?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I waited, trying to pretend that the earsplitting rumble was coming from someone else’s car, I saw the two Cullens and the Hale twins getting into their car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He liked to stay in, read books, watch TV, and pretend that he was grown up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Listen, if I pretend to read something, can I stay?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’d taught her students that if people took the time and effort, they’d still believe in what America pretended to stand for. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Stanley and his parents had tried to pretend that he was just going away to camp for a while, just like rich kids do. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And so, while waiting for him and pretending to inspect plants and small water courses, I tried to reconstruct my trip as a single piece and not as a series of incidents. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came into the room where he was with the child, he would merely say scornfully, ‘Aunt Lorne, I think it is wet,’ and pretend to be lost in his book. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam could pretend that everything had stopped, and in the space of that pause, she could breathe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I stuck my finger down my throat and pretended to gag. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I think so. I think it bounced off the bottom of the tree and went under the bush there. Look, they’re pretending not to look for it....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I liked dancing, too, but I had to pretend that I didn’t like it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He raised a finger to his lips and pretended to tiptoe the rest of the way into the apartment, dissolving into even louder laughter a few seconds later. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They went to the post office; Ron pretended to be checking the price of an owl to Bill in Egypt so that Harry could have a good look around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear to look behind us at our ragtag family as they shuffled along, Slopper and the twins singing what we pretended was a warrior song to measure out time on the trail. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I’m just a girl pretending to be a hero. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I try my best to pretend like I don’t care. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Better to pretend my old life has already disappeared. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for as long as that’s the case, it’s easy to pretend that I am a normal girl, making out with a normal boy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I've seen more elaborate pyrotechnics at the grand openings of grocery stores, but the audience was kind and everyone made an effort to pretend that the display was magnificent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think she’d even pretended to try on any of his grandma’s old wigs. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Which is why at home during our fire drills he had little interest in being a passive prop, even in a pretend crisis. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Each one had a hyper-colored plastic gun, and they pretended to shoot the group of guys in the living room watching the Pats play the Broncos on TV. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to pretend that what happened is anything other than horrific. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I take out my pencil and pretend I’m doing my schoolwork. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pretend that David and I are making plans for summer, that we’ll play tennis some mornings, that we’ll go to movies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I shall lie down and pretend to sleep, lest Jonathan have added anxiety about me when he returns. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No,” he whispers, and this time it's real Ollie, talking to me, and not the Ollie pretending to be a soldier. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even though Beto knew it wasn’t really her, knew that she was gone from the body, it being there had helped him to pretend. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why couldn't I have just pretended that I could roll a blunt with the best of them? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Duke?” said Cha-Cha, sounding as compassionate and caring as she could possibly pretend to be. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He tried to pretend it didn’t hurt him to look at me but he could never hide anything that he felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her mother. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I pretend the world beyond the curtains doesn’t exist. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He told Colin this sometimes, when Colin would come home from school sullen, tired of the Abdominal Snowman, tired of pretending that his abject friendlessness didn't bother him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Back in London, Blake slipped quietly into his new routine of spying on England for the KGB—all the while pretending to spy on the Soviets for MI6. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Was it because Dumbledore did not want Harry to do anything foolish, to take matters into his own hands, that he had pretended there was nothing in Harry’s suspicions? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now, Howard Avenue is just a few blocks from where I live, so I could pretend I belonged to the Howard Avenue Civic League or some other fictitious philanthropy. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to pretend to talk her out of her selfless offer, but she raised her hand to shush me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be embarrassed, but my father’s words of praise have always been the most precious thing in the world to me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So he didn’t come that night and she laid in bed and pretended to think scornfully of him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I kiss him, I pretend I am practicing for Rhiannon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pretended to watch football on television for a little while after dinner and then put on his coat and walked up to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Adam Trask refused to buy in a hurry, and Bordoni was asking a big price and using the selling method of pretending not to care whether he sold or not. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he likes pretending, like a little kid would. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, each child pretended to be a piece of furniture the others sat upon. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The Internet version of you becomes enshrined so that pathetic people like me can visit occasionally and try to pretend you’re not really gone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Irene was studying her bare toes, pretending like she hadn’t said anything important. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He liked to pretend he was a superhero creeping up on his enemies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was debating whether to pretend to have left something in the restaurant again or be direct and say they were on a scavenger hunt, when a breeze rustled the flyer tacked to the tree. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And Zuppa Guy, who was usually really funny, and pretended to dance romantically with the babushkas so everyone would laugh together in all the languages, said, “This? This is American food.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Longwell Chase and I had nothing to talk about and no desire to pretend otherwise, so we walked silently to the Eagle’s house. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Vonetta didn’t notice, or she pretended she didn’t notice, but Fern had stopped clinging to Uncle D. Fern heard him hollering at night like the boogeyman howling and rattling in the radiator pipes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had read the name Dr. Lister off a pigeonhole on the wall behind him, because if you pretend you know someone, they’re more likely to let you in. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate watching them eat cereal, fake smiling and pretending the day is ordinary. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, after the dial tone stopped, she pretended he was whispering in her ear. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Felix pretended to run his hands through his black spiky gelled hair and leaned back in his seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Starry's inside our room; I can hear her singing "Got to Be There" as she pretends to study. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Both of us pretend we’re not petrified about being unable to swim. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He discovered that after Lewis’s disappearance Middleton had pretended to be her adopted son in order to cash several of her checks. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“All people have a place,” my third-grade teacher said firmly when I drew a pretend older brother in the “My Family” picture to be put out in the hallway for open house. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear the way she rambled on about the animals, pretending that they talked?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pretend I’m sleeping instead of thinking about my dream. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

During commercials I pretended to go for water and instead crept down the hall, where I tried to make out what June and Neil were saying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please? It’s my first day pretending to be Duke in front of the cameras.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knew I was going into the office to take a look at the nightmare felon, no sense pretending I wasn’t. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I found I loved pretending to be a deer, loping through the forest as the boys counted to one hundred. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She opened and slammed the front door, pretending to have just come in. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pretended he was an enthusiastic militant Confederate eager to continue to fight the war, wherever it was. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit forward, not able to pretend I am relaxed anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had bought cups and medallions and pretended they’d won them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started quiet, but soon exploded, as the kindly funeral director pretended not to listen and our mother just stared at us implacably, through the fog of her own pain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We had to arrange to be at the same spot at the same time, but pretended to have no relationship. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We didn't decide yet. We didn't decide what our pretend gathering is about today. What we'll tell people about why we've come here." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the dark, with candlelight flickering from all the porches, it’s easy to pretend that we really are in a fairy-tale village from a long, long time ago. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we pretended we had to be quiet to hide from dragons. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And Steady Eddie took his time to show me how to hold my lips and how to put my fingers like I was really playing a pretend saxophone. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, pretending she is a prisoner in the Bastille to make her work as a scullery maid more bearable. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I hope she’ll feel the same way about pretend walls on imaginary stages, I thought as I tucked her hall pass into my pocket. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pretend that anything that happened out here would slip away the moment we reached the glow of the city. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With horror, I saw that he was turning through it slowly, like a book, pretending to examine the pages one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be soldiers, or kids pretending to be soldiers, everywhere. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not so much new as pretending to be new. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There was no date on the letter so I couldn’t work out when Mother had written the letter and I wondered whether someone else had written the letter and pretended to be Mother. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I folded that piece of paper really small, and, pretending I was neatening up my braid, I wound it into my hair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I expected to work, but I thought we’d have fun pretending to be teacher and pupil when we were really mother and daughter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear, wretched Frank, who had not understood, who had always thought we were the normal happy married couple we pretended to be. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And if she could pretend to be friendly, she might make some friends. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She saw me coming and hid behind a newspaper, pretending to read. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I pretend my invitation to Hogwarts is on its way, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I hadn’t heard of them, either, but I knew enough to pretend I knew them—at least until I could download the song tonight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to notice that he dabbed at his eyes, too. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Benny and Brad, my younger cousins, zipped around tables, pretending to be superheroes until they were scolded by my uncle for knocking over a chair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was pretending not to know that his wife was so nearby. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That's what I mean. You pretend like you don't want to do the horizontal mambo with her.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended to tend to the guttering flames while Richard spoke to his mother, but it was impossible not to listen in. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t helping me by pretending it isn’t. I don’t—I’m not sure you can help me at all.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our old selves are buried deep in our pretend selves. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At first she cackled softly and ran at the indistinct shadows of barrels and wheelbarrows, pretending they were monsters rearing out of the mist, but she was too accustomed to caution to dally for long. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We like to pretend that they grow as we get closer to our new partner. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’d memorized all my lines, but at rehearsals I sat alone, pretending to study my black binder. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Weary was ditched, he would find somebody who was even more unpopular than himself, and he would horse around with that person for a while, pretending to be friendly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought if I pretended to be asleep the knocking might go away and leave me in peace, but I waited, and it didn't. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know,” I muttered. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of understand, but it’s still strange to have witnessed Baba pretending to agree with his brother. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She longed to curl up with Ess, to cuddle up and inhale the salty, dirty smell of her tangled hair as she slept, pretend that none of this was real. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I liked pretending that I didn’t have a mother, and that my father simply caught me when the stork dropped me from his crisp white sling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The guy pretends to be Muslim,” Muhammad says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I chew for a while, pretending to focus on my food, but really focusing on him. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever we have dinner together at home, Charlie always pretends he’s too tired to help clean. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Well, I was like that on the outside, pretending not to need words. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He reached for the laptop, ready to close out the whole screen and pretend he’d never seen it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I became more quiet and pretended to have no interest at all in their activities. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unzip one of my suitcases and pretend not to listen, but I can’t help wonder who this Dray is. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A guy named Cobby was on the stoop showing off his new puppy and another guy was pretending like he wanted to buy it to feed to his pit bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“When these two pretended to be lost in the halls of the middle school, only two students dropped everything to offer assistance.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He holds up a fist, and I pretend to bump it in the air. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was such a dismal year that she tried to erase it from her memory, pretending it had never happened. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pretended to be annoyed, but I knew she was greatly relieved. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to pretend that we are friends. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Either he faded out right away or he pretended to. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She is still crying, but she is solid and real, and just in case, I pinch her skin, and she pretends not to notice. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at them, twirling little sticks inside tins filled with mud, pretending to be cooking, porridge maybe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to drink at the water fountain, but what I really needed to gulp down was air. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She could disguise them by splashing water on her face, pretending to wash her eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cool. Hey, we could do this for the class—put on sort of a pretend ceremony. Pick some kids to be the orphans and some others to be the fathers.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They even pretended to be Sunnis if they had to. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t think we are happy it would be much better if you would admit it. I don’t want you to pretend anything. I’d much rather go away. Not live with you any more.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Me and my pretend family all said, “Thank you, ma’am.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Just my breath, carrying my words out, might poison people and they’d curl up and die like the black fat slugs that only pretended. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I pretend I’m drinking exactly what Mama Ya-Ya drinks, and not just 99 percent hot milk. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m hag-ridden,” he says, pretending to be mournful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he should take joy in the man-pleasures of contest, but he could not pretend to himself that he did. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could pretend I had suddenly become mute so I wouldn’t be able to talk to her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once on board, she stepped behind the large wooden wheel and pretended she was Josephine on a run through the islands, escaping from the British navy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Justin said he’d call me when he was going home so I could call his house and pretend he left something here.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rock cakes were shapeless lumps with raisins that almost broke their teeth, but Harry and Ron pretended to be enjoying them as they told Hagrid all about their first lessons. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My attackers pretended to find it funny, but it was heavy, unrewarding work. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lucy Raleigh liked being the one in the know and I couldn’t pretend I didn’t care. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She pretends to hug the sack of apples. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We set it down in the wooden wagon Ali built Hassan last win­ter for his birthday, pretend it’s a giant steel cage. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so private and silent that I pretend we’re the only two people on earth, which is how I wish it could be for real. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Here Uncle Turu fluttered his eyes and delicately rubbed his cheek with his fingers, and the people laughed to see such a strong-faced man pretending to be beautiful. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, he pretended to be as outraged as the rest of us while Pamela went on her own swastika streak, when the whole time, he was the one who’d started it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I could see the Moon Lady pretending to be busy with her embroidery, but she was watching her husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too late to just put my head down and pretend I didn’t notice her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The types rotated through the exhibits every hour to ease the monotony of pretending to swab the deck, carve hunting tools, and fondle the wooden yams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Freak and the Fair Gwen have supper with us, and we're all trying to pretend like everything is normal, and nobody says a word about Killer Kane getting out of prison. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got to the food line in plenty of time, but my pretend family wasn’t anywhere around. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

No one could ever even pretend to be half as heroic as Duke was. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t pretend to know everything, and she worked really hard at every challenge. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was weird.The longer I pretended everything was normal at school, the more I believed everything was normal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she was doing this, Cluny also pretended to take his sleeping medicine. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Slopper hammed it up a bit, trying to mimic and trying to pretend that wasn’t the case. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I nodded along and pretended I believed the same thing. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Moran and I pretended to clink our cups before we drank. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

For a while Edmond and I pretended that what was happening between us was totally reversible. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She failed first grade by pretending to be stupid, but the setback didn't seem to bother her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It would be like the time Lily pretended to be Catholic because this boy she liked was Catholic and she thought maybe she could see him if she went to his church. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“So we opposed elections,” Ellsberg concluded as he read, “while pretending to support democracy.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“All right. We’ll conduct a test. You pretend that you’re me and you’re meeting someone for the first time. Now walk up to this imaginary person and introduce yourself without laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison was standing outside the front door, pretending to polish the glass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s like a lie to pretend she’s tamed a tiger when all she’s tamed is a sort of half thing.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Or was he really worried by what he had heard, but pretending not to be? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When parents fight they sometimes pretend the kids don’t understand or they speak in super obvious code and expect the kids to pretend with them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Liam pretended he was hauling a line in, and Zu actually stopped her frolicking to act it out with him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“That was from eighth grade. We found her mom’s old wedding dress and so she made me go home and get a red sari so I could pretend to be a bride too.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And yet when Nicholas and Ojiugo visited, he disliked how strenuously they tried to be positive, to pretend, almost, as though he was merely ill in hospital and they had come to visit him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a moment, she either seemed to find this plausible or decided to pretend she did. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes met his and there was no way to pretend she hadn’t seen him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Off I went, weaving through the crowds of people, while Uri munched away, pretending he didn’t know me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

At first he pretended to take some notes; but he often fell asleep; and when he woke he would say: ‘How splendid! How wonderful! But where were we?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He pretends to blow me a kiss, without actually breathing my way. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He pretended to read the piece of paper as he discreetly stuffed the twenty dollars into the cuff of his long-sleeved shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Washington let me turn the classroom into a pretend baseball field for my oral presentation on a famous inventor. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Declaration sat on the porch swing and pretended to ignore me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d gone to camp since she was seven, and still Mr. D pretended not to know her name. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The crazy man who sells me a newspaper every night mumbles something crazy, but I have time only to pretend that I have heard him say hello. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intern, rather unprofessionally, raised one hand to her throat and then pretended to fix her collar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My back to them, I picked a book at random—a ridiculous sociological text, as it happened—and pretended to study the index. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be utterly absorbed in the problem of cracking a gigantic walnut I had taken from the banquet stool. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dany could not pretend to surprise at the disdain in his tone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They told me the whole story, which I pretended not to know too much about. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When the manager was called, she calmly explained that she wasn't stealing, she was simply pretending to be a thief. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hell pretend he’s a hypnotist, opening his eyes wide and lowering his voice the way he used to do with me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was kind enough to pretend she didn't notice me holding on to her scarf and hat earlier; I don't need to test my luck. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Suppose they wouldn’t believe he was the poor shepherd he pretended to be? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then there were doors that wouldn’t open unless you asked politely, or tickled them in exactly the right place, and doors that weren’t really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand why we have to do this, pretend I’m Daddy’s little girl when he hasn’t paid attention to me in years. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Though pretending to be ecstatic to see her when I'm this self-conscious about the circumstances is...challenging. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But last week, Moss had seen Rafael put on his mother’s heels on the front stoop and confidently walk down his driveway, pretending that the world was flashing cameras at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I nodded at my sister, and my family continued with the meal, trying to pretend all was well when it was not. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was a tragic outcast who lived on the margins, but he tried to compensate by pretending to have inside knowledge about all sorts of mysteries. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was not even sure if Cluny was shamming, pretending that his injuries were severe merely as some kind of test or trap that he had set for his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pretended to be mesmerized by the scabs on his knuckles, but I caught the way he stiffened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pretends he doesn’t care about anything in the world, and he’s always ready with some outrageous remark, but if you ask me, any real hostility he has is directed against himself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yep, not the kid stuff I used to pretend with, but seriously expensive adult woman makeup! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He’s pretending he isn’t aware of us, but I know he didn’t need that much concentration to roll up his left sleeve. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Only I pretended my hands made up a dark cave like the one me, Mong and Rondell went in by the beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was return the favor and pretend that they were writers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It would be easier to pretend I never met Billy and to forget about my colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She did not pretend to be a scholar, though she read all she could. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the Midfolk were watching us, while the rest pretended to be busy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The first was from early on—a jokey pose to answer his—of her peeling potatoes and pretending to smoke one of Miss Peregrine’s pipes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He tries to linger in her car, asking her a complicated question right as they approach his house, or pretending to lose something under the seat. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He heard her say “Jesse” once, but the bus was noisy enough that he could pretend he hadn’t heard. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t pretend to understand the mystery of love, but this time it was more than sex, more than using a woman’s body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held up his right hand and extended his finger toward the steering wheel; kind of like the way a kid might pretend to be holding a gun. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

James had included a fake solution among the pages he pretended to drop in the library. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I pretended he was Grandma, and I started at the very beginning. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Staring too hard at me, pretending he doesn't see the bandage when all he's thinking about is what's underneath it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Amaranta pretended to accept the decision and little by little she recovered from her fevers, but she promised herself that Rebeca would marry only over her dead body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Benji shrugged and pointed to his ears, pretending he still couldn't hear. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie shot Ernie a Help me out here, bro look, but Ernie took off his sunglasses and pretended he was cleaning them, like that was more important than bailing his brother out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I lie on my bed, pretending to nap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always hardest getting Princesse to remove her panties, but once Catherine either turned around or pretended to close her eyes, they were gone in a flash. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to notice that his hand was resting there on my arm. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If she squinted, she could almost pretend they were secret service and she was the president. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we skipped the cafeteria, but most days we found the quiet end of a table and pretended the other seats were empty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she would sit and write and I’d pretend to be sucking on my pipe, but actually I was looking at her from the corner of my eye. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katie’s little brother pretended to be all cool about it, but I could tell he was totally freaking out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What?” she whispered back, pretending to be terrified. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

At first, I pretend I’m a girl living in a drafty castle that I hate because my parents don’t got enough candles to light the place. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But all Frankie wanted to do was pretend none of it had ever happened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then there’s Johanna Mason, the only living female victor from 7, who won a few years back by pretending she was a weakling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard says, and pretends to throw the shot at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When she would say things like this, I’d just bury myself more deeply in my book and pretend I hadn’t heard. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam pretty usually blurts things out if you pretend you’re not interested and don’t beg to him to tell. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark, alone in my bed, I tried sucking a knuckle of my finger and pretending it was her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pretend to be nudged awake by Aliya in front of this blank building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I try and pretend everything is okay because I don’t want to ruin our slumber party. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He’s pleased to hear a little bit of ice in Henry’s voice, finally done pretending. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Try to protect him from further pain and sorrow by pretending and ignoring? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it, Fm pretending to be a lovable stray.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Horses reared and fell over screaming, ravens flew, crazy as bats in a fire, men staggered, gesturing wildly, making speeches, dying or sometimes pretending to be dying, sneaking off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be asleep when she climbed back in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The shelter filled with supphes was a buyout, something that allowed his parents and everyone else to pretend they had helped him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I pretended that other people in town besides us felt like this. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pretend to study all the family pictures Abuela keeps tacked up crooked on the walls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He hardly sounded like the boy who’d flung himself into my chemistry class, pretending to be a nude model. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend I was somewhere else. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I simply fix my eyes on a point far in the distance and pretend, there is no audience, no hysteria. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my coat and sat at the kitchen table, pretending to text on the phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I held back, pretending to limp a bit from my dead leg. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, I pretended to oversleep, part of Dad’s plan to avoid trouble, and Mom flung open the door to my room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended to watch the dancers, like Krum, but he was thinking hard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This was what he did when Thyon Nero was near: He seized up and felt as invisible as the alchemist pretended he was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Harry and then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn’t looked. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping as I stared out the window, pretending not to hear. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes held as still as a statue and pretended I couldn’t hear or see when my grandpa squabbled with Adele and called her mean names. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You only say that because you wear the sign of the wolf. This means you are a...drüskelle, yes?” she asked, pretending to struggle with the Fjerdan word. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ron,” Hermione said, but in such a quiet voice that Ron could pretend not to have heard it over the loud tattoo the rain was now beating on the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was pretending in those days to be a young widow, and she wore a wedding ring. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I think he’s going to pretend he wasn’t listening, so I won’t yell at him for butting in, but then he says, “Black lives matter.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to notice, but inwardly he fumed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I pretended enough, would it become the truth? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pretend I’m a scientist, on the outside looking in, the way Ms. Keen describes her days watching rats get lost in mazes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He waves as I stick the car in reverse, and I act cool and pretend I don’t see it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I decided right then to stop pretending I knew more than I did. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in JimmyTrotter’s room, pretending to love his model airplanes since there wasn’t anything new to do or see. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I force a smile and turn my back to her, pretending to rifle through a cabinet of Belle-products. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t write that I pretend they don’t bother me, but even after thirteen years of seeing them, they still hurt. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Clearly he didn’t expect the truth from her, but why didn’t he at least bother to pretend otherwise? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sort of like you pretending that you don’t talk?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I say “pretending” because I knew it would be empty. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ocean at least had the decency to pretend he wasn't looking at me, and he never said anything about it, for which I was secretly grateful. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tree still swayed a bit in the last of the big wind, and I felt the fear I’d pretended earlier. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sammy, behind the piano, tips a pretends hat and says, “Thanks, kid.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Now go ahead with your program, and pretend we aren’t here.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

This time Ralph expressed the intensity of his emotion by pretending to Knock Simon down; and soon they were a happy, heaving pile in the under-dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

While I pretend to listen, I wonder why the Khmer Rouge fears the Youns if we can defeat them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, and I pounded her bade where I knew it hurt, while the boys danced around pretending they had machine guns. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inch away from Uhmma, pretend I am not that woman’s daughter. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ron’s always been so kind to me, and I think I owe it to him to at least pretend that I’ll think about it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The friend who had pretended to be ill buried his share of the money in a tin box. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Taking her purse as they walked along, he swung it by its strap, pretending it was a censer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Almost a month had passed since Thomas had last called—the call I’d avoided by pretending to be sick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knew he was talking about Vivian, but I pretended that I didn’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pretends to laugh it off, but it bothers her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended she was chasing cats . . . except she was the cat now, and if they caught her, they would kill her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m not. But I have to pretend. Social contractual obligations and whatnot.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He told jokes when he wasn’t in a trance and pretended to find pennies in Kuda’s ears. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Chris had pretended to be scared by the "Boom!" but he wasn't really. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Hattie’s set pretended to be friendly, and they treated me with the same oily condescension Hattie visited on me in public. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d all found something like that at one time, and so however much we tried to pretend otherwise, we couldn’t ever shake off the old feelings of hope and excitement. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she pretended she didn’t know what he meant. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mate told some of her favorite riddles we all pretended not to know so she could have the pleasure of answering them herself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended I didn’t know which song they meant, but I knew. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to stay home too, pretend none of the last few months ever happened. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Blanche and Louis could not be closer. So this is our chance. Tonight, during the meal, I will bring up the burning of the Talmuds. I will pretend to have no opinion on the subject.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I said, tilting the bottle a bit, pretending to study the label. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tayo shook his head and threw his arms up in front of him, pretending to push the idea away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day I'll pull a fantastic prank like pretending my arms get torn off in an elevator door or something. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I aimed it at the cardboard TV frame she’d taped around my window and pretended to push one of the fake remote control buttons. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to get upset but secretly thought, Really? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I say, crooking my head against the phone, which is still partially concealed by my hood, and pretending to listen to him. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Robb and Jon sat tall and still on their horses, with Bran between them on his pony, trying to seem older than seven, trying to pretend that he'd seen all this before. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We used to pretend we were Newsboy Ghosts. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up malinger and read the definition: “To pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.’ Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

So I decided to pretend to let her win. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I pretend to wake up from a bad dream. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As for lunars—no one else pretended to work those calculations. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a bowl of food with a tiny bit of meat, he would pretend to go into a trance and find lost objects and catch boys who had stolen things. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend I don’t even know his name — and every day I walk past the tannery, just so he can see me not looking his way. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I stare dully into my locker, pretending to look for something. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not pretending anything. No one told me! Why would our parents make such a horrid arrangement?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He clicked a few dials and pulled some wires, trying to pretend that Hygeia was just one large, dangerous Nintendo game system. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After being pushed aside for weeks, he knew he was done pretending everything was just fine. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He pretended that he didn’t know that the square root of four was two. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re making it harder for me. You keep pretending I can do things and understand things that are far beyond me now. You’re pushing me. Just like my mother.. “That’s not true!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t just seeing the pretend girl she feels like so much of the time, the girl who tries to be so perfect, perfect, perfect. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At home, I played school and pretended that I was Lilian. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the morning I pretended like I was going to school.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Please just pretend you don’t notice what I’m buying. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Monica drank a beer and pretended to be checking something important on her cell phone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon was pretending to read the paper, but his tiny eyes were not moving, and Harry was sure he was really listening with all his might for the sound of an approaching car. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They lived near the water and had grown up, like all Grosse Pointers, pretending that our shallow lake was no lake at all but actually the ocean. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She found the wall again and followed, blind and lost, pretending that Nymeria was padding along beside her in the darkness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From some need of his own, Don Bernardo pretended his wife was just under the weather rather than suffering from dementia. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listen to the radio for twenty minutes, and then we drive back to his house and find his parents in separate rooms pretending as if nothing happened. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Everything a whale needs to be happy,” said another, pretending to gag. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tats comes looking for me, but I’m pretending to take a shower, so she leaves after trying to talk over the waterfall. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I gasped, then pretended I was engrossed in the book. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jacobi, Carlos, and Bijan had been pretending they couldn’t hear our conversation, and they looked up, suddenly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I dug my face deeper into my pillow, pretending I could not hear her, and cried until I thought I would dissolve into my own little puddle of tears. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I would just ask directions, pretending I was lost in a strange neighborhood. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, pretend like we are just playing out in the pasture at Marshall.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pretend very well,” said Tyrion, examining a shirt of heavy iron mail so foil of holes that it almost looked moth- eaten. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m supposed to pretend I don’t see what you’re about to do?” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I glance at Walter, who is pretending to read. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was sneaky and bad enough to buy the candy and come back pretending it was a free gift. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t say he put on airs or pretended to be what he wasn’t, but unlike Grandpa Blakeslee, he liked seeming well-off and “modrun.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The school allowed it to function by ignoring it completely, pretending it wasn’t there. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at it, wishing I could just walk in and pretend the fight had never happened. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Emily pretended to be too absorbed in doodling a maze onto the margin of her notebook to have paid any attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They pretended they didn’t hear her, and walked into the high school and down the hall to the chemistry room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you asked the price of anything, the shopkeeper would say, “For you....” and pretend he was giving you a great deal, but you knew he would say that for anybody. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked away from the sight of her tears as though they were indecent, but he could not pretend not to hear her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Kaup’a’ta was going to lie there and pretend to be dead. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended to breathe it in and fluttered her eyelashes, “Sounds good. I’ll have that.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry that it’s not as hard as I thought to pretend to be like everyone else, to change your skin color like a toad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to pretend I don’t like things or play the weird game of insulting something that I want. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once Hazel started to pretend that Jack had been taken by a dragon and she was going to rescue him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Part of me was scared to move, because she would know I was pretending, but the other part of me had to watch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would close my eyes and pretend it was you singing to us, Mama. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All I can do is stand still—I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can pretend that everything is all right. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It made me queasy, pretending to be civil with a person so beneath human decency that he could crawl under a pregnant ant. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sutues of saints, and of crusaders on their biers, or those pretending to be crusaders; effigies of all kinds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then we pretend we need to use the bathroom, and we leave the cafegymnasitorium. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if a well-rested Mama would buy my excuse, but since she’s as tired as I’m pretending to be, she just nods. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Samira, pretend you fail your math test, and some kid in your class calls you stupid.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She would hold my hand or carry me, but if the police showed up she would have to drop me and pretend I wasn’t hers, like I was a bag of weed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I been pretending to talk to you all the time since I died,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Loubelle and Mrs. Savage drifted over, and pretending I knew what it was all about, I moved to the piano with them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They faced outward, so she never saw their faces> but she liked to pretend that one of them was Jeffrey's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He smiles a little, as if he wants to pretend it was fun, but I know it was not. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

No. He would not pretend that it was love for his mother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brightbill ran up and down the beach with the other goslings, peeping and laughing and pretending to be afraid of the tiny waves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pinch was running and jumping, striking out with a stick and pretending to hunt doves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But why don't you tell us a little about this pretend bar mitzvah you've been planning? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I held the Woodbine like my cousin'd shown me, and pretended to take a deep drag. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a little kid that used to make me laugh, and she would ham it up by letting them get as steamy as possible and then pretending she couldn’t see me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before Mo got too old for it, we used to pretend Central Park was the dreaded Cedar Forest, home to all the great demons. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I can pretend I’m going to the lavatory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not knowing who knew about the scorecard, who had seen the other stuff going on, who knew but was pretending not to—I couldn’t trust my classmates to protect me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only pretended to take my pain meds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I’ve actually seen her since that first night in the lobby when I had to pretend I didn’t know Candy. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He walked over to it and sat down, opened the paper at random, and pretended to read. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of these games was to stand in a circle, while the junior ganders, one after another, walked into the middle of it with their heads stretched out, pretending to hiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be oblivious to his intense scrutiny as I unlocked the door, and waved them in ahead of me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pretended she lived in a different time. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to pretend to be asleep. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at each other, pretended they hadn’t, and went home. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to pretend the other didn’t exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha does a huge section, pretending, I believe, that he's in a video game. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pretended to look at a nonexistent wristwatch. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to pretend I can afford her, but send me word when she becomes available.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It dawns on me that he could be an old man just pretending to be a fourteen-year-old kid. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Hmm,” she said noncommittally, pretending to examine one of her knives, determined to ignore that grin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pretend I am drowning, letting the sea take me under. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All this time I'd been thinking about Taylor and TeeTee like they were some kind of royalty, when really they were just...regular girls pretending to be something they not. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

These are the people who pretend they don't notice my missing arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Still, he pretended otherwise and kept adding more dirt to the piles, piles that he would eventually have to move. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Was he pretending to be jealous to conceal the fact that he was? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Still others hollow out mangoes, drop their pesos inside, then pretend to be eating the fruit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I pretend to understand, but in the dictionary it says “go” and “going” mean action, moving, and lots of other things like business transactions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Saying all that stuff about not letting myself be invisible was easy enough in the Spinney, where there was no Edie to sneer at me, nobody to gawk at me or pretend I’m not there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was pretending to do social studies homework while Dad worked on his laptop. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of her crying spreads over us and we pretend to ignore it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stooped, pretending he had not seen, and picked up the broken Horcrux. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I try to pretend this is my life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I mentioned this to Ellen once, but I think she pretended not to hear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Is this about the man from Penikese, who pretended to be the bird keeper?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Either they're selling or using, and the ones that aren't are pretending to, or have overprotective mothers like Doris who don't want their kids hanging with nobody around here either. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At last he said, “Grindelwald tried to stop Voldemort going after the wand. He lied, you know, pretended he had never had it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I myself did not know how I could have produced so beautiful a child, and I was proud of her and glad, even when people pretended to disbelieve that I could be her mother. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once, Mom bursts out laughing, Connor shrieks, and Jack pretends to swipe for the box filled with candy. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We pretend that this life is normal, that it doesn’t matter that Mama’s not around, that it’s okay to live like this—hungry and angry and empty and wanting. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One arm up, the other outstretched, fist balled around a pretend sword. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You want to pretend it didn’t happen and I can’t deal with this by myself. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretending not to give the limes to the little girl. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I read the letter you sent Lee. It was mean of him to pretend to be in love with you and I told him so. He said to tell you he’s dreadfully sorry. E.R.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted to just quit, but pretending we were in love was our families’ only income. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, he pretended to eat a full meal. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps back down the staircase, but it was pointless to pretend that I hadn’t been listening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They all try to pretend they don’t see them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson pretended not to notice and quickly said, “Well, it helped me, too.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended to be still working on her work sheet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I pretended to, nodding and smiling from my chair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash pretended not to hear her, so she slipped a hand into his pocket to find the watch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is on us, man. We can't just stand around and pretend there's nothing we can do about it.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it when my father pretends to know more than he does. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I invent a story about her life and pretend I'm telling Madeleine. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And the way you usually act, the things you would have normally done, are like these ghosts that everyone can see but pretends not to. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It's easier to pretend I have a choice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I'll pretend I don't see him until you call me,” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She pretended that for each second that she didn’t breathe, God would grant her another day with Jalil. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She scoffs and pretends to brush him off, even though she’s smiling and obviously doesn’t care about her height. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Yes. The old man pretends to linger at a potter's stall, but the brown one has eyes only for you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For many it was just costume play, but some would actually pretend to be scythes, fooling others, granting false immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was not pretending to be anyone but myself, and they still accepted me into their troop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, I’m pretending to eat paella but really eating more bread dipped in olive oil than paella. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“That’s just the first time you haven’t pretended to be oblivious to the fact that you have a certain...effect on me when you laugh.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Claire and Molly make funny faces in front of the cameras, pretending they are on the air. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

On reflection he did not fancy a second meeting with the giant Poisonteeth, whether it was alive, dead, or just pretending, as Poisonteeth often did. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As long as she looked away, and listened, she could pretend that my closeness, my arms around her, were without her knowledge or consent. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bones snickers, and Carlyle pretends he didn’t see the exchange. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Riccio fiddled with his cards, pretending not to have heard Ida's question. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I liked Mr. Morrison, but I wasn’t in the mood to pretend to be a normal girl. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She either didn’t notice the odor or pretended not to, shirking the responsibility for cleaning after whatever rodent’s nest was up there. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend saying all of this out loud didn’t coat my mouth in the bitter taste of disappointment. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Reverend Crump asked for a last glass of water so he could take his “anti-panic pill” and Liyana stifled a laugh, pretending it was a cough. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You pretend you’re my date, Alicia, and I’m going to show you how I am going to take advantage of what I learned in The Sun Also Rises. Mr. Loring would be proud of me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I used to pretend I was a Cub Scout. I always wanted to be a Cub Scout. I'd see them at the park in their blue uniforms." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Again his yellow eyes flickered with humor as Nita blushed and looked away, pushing her black hair behind her ear and pretending to watch the moving horizon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the day with my parents, obsessively checking Face- book for a new message when I’m not pretending to focus on homework and Germ. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d pretended to knock back a shot with the hockey team too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to pretend to like them. I like them, and I don’t care that they’re not in style or whatever. So. Are you who I think you are?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He blushed, and sometime in those three seconds it had ceased being pretend. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Philadelphia cousins brought apple pie and tried to pretend nothing was different. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I nearly died laughing pretending not to know Salim. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wishes I didn’t have scabby knees from running around kicking canisters and falling down pretending I was the greatest footballer in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice is quiet, and I can tell she wants to ask me something, but I pretend not to hear her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Help what? Help pretend there’s something wrong with her clothes?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He could just imagine himself running down to the field, wearing his starched white shirt and pretending he wasn’t, begging to play with Willis Hurd. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When I was a little girl, we’d pretend the ceiling was really made of popcorn and we’d open our mouths wide, wide and let it fall in. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“This river of ours—she isn’t always what she pretends to be.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As drunk as he is, Atzerodt does an artful job of pretending sadness, saying that the whole Lincoln assassination is a terrible tragedy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’s pretending to sweep, longing for a closer view, or maybe she’s daring to wish to be in a parade herself one day. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother used to pretend to be a general. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Can we just pretend none of this ever happened and go back to normal? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I want to pretend sleep and have him keep on rubbing my stomach. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Cole did was pretend he was sorry for a few days till things blew over. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I just want to pretend it didn’t happen,” he said after a minute. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Wednesday afternoon I was in the media center, reading my favorite book, The Invisible Man, or pretending to. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And my shadow spends a lot of time walking in circles and staring into shop windows, pretending to look inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, to cover my tracks, I pretended to have a piece of food stuck in my throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I pretend I’m buying it and getting to read it for the first time. Besides, I try to support Riverbank. It’s basically the only semisophis...” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I get that you don’t take this pageant seriously, but maybe you could at least pretend to.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She just pretends not to notice. But that thing about only being a kid once...that’s a good one. I’ll try it as the decoder.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A voice inside me tells me to close the drawer and pretend I haven’t seen them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Luke Stevens tied the horse and cow to the back of the wagon and then came around to give Lyddie a hand up, but she pretended not to see. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

From that day forward I sat pretending to read by the window, watching for Mami to come down the street when she was supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

One pretends to be a tiger and jumps straight through the paper screen, tackling his opponent without bothering to see what he was posing as. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Alex doesn’t pretend to care about the rules of the game, but his primary turn-on has always been competence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The rest of the neighborhood—bakers, fletchers, candle-makers, booksellers, builders, painters, other historians—would have to pretend they had never been friends with him in the first place. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The women pretended not to notice, but Arm saw several of them watching from the corners of their eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Helena lets me back in, I pretend I’m cheerful. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like he didn’t know if I was only pretending to act like I didn’t know how on earth he’d found out I’d kissed someone for the very first time today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I get what he means, because I think I’ve played pretend my whole life. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She knew he had taken the front so he could pretend the car belonged to him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My pretend mother said, “Good,” and emptied the rest of the envelope over my oatmeal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I think Elizabeth was just going to drop in to see Mary—and pretend to be surprised when she saw you—but she was afraid I’d tell on her!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sort of relieved, because that means there are a dozen people I don’t have to pretend to make friends with. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of consideration, Laila thought, maybe a change of heart, and, when he bent down, she imagined he would pretend his shoelace had come undone and walk back to her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“At least it’s more honorable than a tiger pretending to be a man,” he said, his eyes flashing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don't understand why you lied to me. Both of you. You pretended you were agreeing to Insomnia Con for me, but this is...it's ridiculous, Papa. I'm not getting married.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once I had a couple of them free, I’d pretend they were talking to each other in cheeping voices. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to be at the studio at seven in the morning on a Sunday and the night before I’d pretended to be feeling out of sorts and told Adam he probably shouldn’t stay over. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When money gave out and food ran low, Katie and the children pretended they were explorers discovering the North Pole and had been trapped by a blizzard in a cave with just a little food. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go around to the bookshelves opposite to where he’s pretending to read. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A car slows down next to me, so I pretend to wave to someone in the distance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, here you go, Young,” Amanda’s dad says as he eases the car in front of my pretend house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envision a Cosmos centered on human beings will prefer the fleeting comforts of superstition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard pretended to try and pick her up and then collapsed on a chair. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow we’ll focus on speeches and interviews and have me pretend to be in rebel battles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If Dad wanted to pretend he wasn’t really helping me, who was I to argue with him? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, so I pretended to have a little money. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended the buffalo was talking, it had a deep voice like you’d figure a buffalo would. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On Halloween, she always turned off all her lights and pretended she wasn't home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gently pull away and pretend he didn’t do that in the first place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But Shin had only pretended to be interested, except when Park talked about food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Better to lock the bedroom door and pretend not to hear, or say, as she sometimes did, “I can’t. I don’t know. Please.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mami was too proud to ask them for more than they volunteered, and we were all developing the same stubborn pride, behind which our frightened selves hid, pretending everything was all right. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was usually within sight, following me but pretending she wasn’t. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She thrust herself forward and screamed in his face, “Don’t pretend I’m not here! I’ll make you listen if I have to ram the words down your throat!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone pretended to occupy themselves with their fingernails or clothing, but they could hear every word. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was a not-too-bad-looking man around thirty-five who seemed too tired even to pretend to be all polite and friendly and he said I’m sorry to bother you but have you got any drugs? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all very well to eat pretend cake and chicken, but her real stomach felt like the two sides were stuck together. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had nets, and others pretended to dig traps, which were really the trapdoors that opened from below. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the way her hands was gripping tight on the covers and shaking give ’way that she was only pretending to sleep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I stared at the barn wall for a while, and blinked and blinked, trying to pretend everything would be okay. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It did flash through my mind Ruth would pretend not to remember this reference, but she nodded thoughtfully. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu placed a plate down noisily and pretended as if he had not heard her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the only place where I can pretend, for a moment, that we’re still living in the Before, in the way things used to be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And the horse he was leading and pretending to try to sell had not looked like much—a thin bony beast in a bridle patched with rope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to notice for the first block. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Movies is all pretend. They’re made in California, you know. But they prove a point. Make something seem real, and people will believe it. The public will swallow anything.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t just pretending to be brave— Cara could tell he was truly excited about all of this. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yer best option is to throw that thing in the river and pretend ye never saw it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I imagine the teary sighs emanating from the Capitol and pretend to brush away a tear of my own. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had no interest in football or basketball but had learned it was best to pretend otherwise. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her usual style was ignoring the haters, pretending they didn’t exist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Leon nodded and pursed his lips; he would not pretend to know what she was talking about, nor would he interrupt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All my motions focalized on pretending to be that guileless schoolgirl who had nothing more wearying to think about than mid-term exams. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a strange way to live, without family, but he was just as glad not to have to pretend to love another set of parents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Keep my hair presentable and pretend I was elsewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people around her pretend not to hear or shake their heads and smile politely. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They come to the hospital and pretend they're hurt to get morphine. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I decided to pretend I thought she was crazy, and that I was only humoring her along. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, it is” Ekon pretended to inspect his fingernails. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She took the paper ring off it and wore it for a week, pretending it was his engagement ring to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or they’d think it was adorable that I was pretending to hang out with my old invisible friend. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You needn’t pretend with me. I noticed you watching the Crown Prince.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She stood quiet inside the remarkable dream and pretended the dreamer was captivated by her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t wonder if Soojin is pretending to be interested anymore. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I left the scissors there and pretended I hadn’t seen the envelope. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Elsbeth’s bedroom is where I spent so many afternoons: practicing dances, pretending to do homework, ranking our favorite film stars. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sighed, bit down on my lip, and pretended to pick up a cupcake. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"Oh," I say, because I can't even pretend to have known that. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Cluny watched as the fox pretended to drink as much of the barley wine as the rat captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And oddly enough, I found it kind of nice in that weird “I’d like to forget about real life and pretend that everything is okay” sort of way. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Piper figured this was the most fun the satyr had had since he’d pretended to be a gym teacher at the Wilderness School. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re just an Indian pretending to be white” was what Corky liked to say. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs and slipped out the backdoor, pretending I was going to the outhouse, in case she woke up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to pretend for a little while that I could have a chicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I don’t. So explain it to me. And while you’re at it, why don’t you explain to me why you were pretending to be my friend?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

April would conduct the ceremony that afternoon, and she would pretend to read something off the back of the paper. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back that evening, I pretended I was taking a siesta. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But we were pretending this was normal, so I picked up an apple and started peeling. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lydia turned to Dill, put the back of her hand to her forehead, and pretended to swoon. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Annabeth, who was pretending to be very busy with her pegasus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she pretended his room needed cleaning as badly as the bread needed baking or the garden needed weeding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Jennifer hung on anyway, and her father pretended to try to shake her off, which made her laugh and laugh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He also said "tea" and "eat" are made of the same letters anyway, so pretending to eat was pretty much the same as pretending to drink. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We entertain ourselves by pretending there is still some square inch of countryside that we haven’t discovered yet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah, would you?” said Lancelot “I only had to pretend I was not myself, and I could have had the prisoners sate. But you try to kill me without warning.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. Piper is a straight-A student,” he says, pretending to whisper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Starks lowered the paper in pretended annoyance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Miguelito and I imagined the puddles were lakes and we pretended to be giants stepping over them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It just feels good to shop around and pretend. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, pretending to gather my paper. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I pretended to be Green from the start,” I said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would have to make phone calls pretending to be my mom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For just a moment, she let herself pretend that it was her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“They all did, except they pretended not to. They don’t like to kill babies.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The night of the party, Daddy took my picture and wiped pretend tears from his eyes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Bunny rattled on he would sit smoking with deep, resolute drags, pretending not to understand Bun’s fallacious Italian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You shouldn’t run from it, cover it up, pretend it never happened. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was pretending to check the time on her watch. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pretend I dropped my hair tie and start looking on the floor so Mrs. Walton won’t think I’m part of Beatriz’s shenanigans, funny as she is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pretend the pillow is her chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At last, Mrs. Kluck sits at her desk and pretends to grade papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I bopped her on the head with a pot, grabbed the baby and pinched her. She howled then all right. They couldn’t pretend she wasn’t alive.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because even if I can’t unsend the drawings, I can at least pretend like I didn’t send them in the first place. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I waved, pretending to be a good sport, ha ha ha. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We can’t pretend to be bad, because Grace doesn’t like disorder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also cupped his hand over his ear and pretended to be listening really, really hard. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Here is a small pup pretending to be a dog,” the emperor mocked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he sidled back about three feet anyway and pretended not to be listening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Prince Dain, about to be crowned the High King, does not have time to indulge in the petty sport of pretending to take me into his service just because a callow younger brother wishes it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s so detailed that if I squint, I can pretend I’m looking at something life-sized. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The two of them sat down on the couch while I took the La-Z-Boy, wondering to myself whether Cletus wasn’t just some alien pretending to be a human life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we didn’t really get a chance to know one another before we left. And it’s just that some of us might not be who we pretend to be.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Bren either doesn’t notice or pretends not to notice. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I can be funny,” I said, pretending hurt. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The audience roared when the quartet took the stage, and I leaned back and shut my eyes, pretending the applause was for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Papa and Mama pretending together, here in this house. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Who else would invite a guy over to hear his new CD of Mozart’s Prague Symphony and let him listen without having to pretend that he likes it or pretend that he doesn’t? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

However I might pretend I was their neighbor, they knew better. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just stared down at my script and pretended to read. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"You know my feelings, Sansa. It seems I must arrange Robert's games and pretend to be honored for his sake. That does not mean I must subject my daughters to this folly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I slap my head, pretending to be upset. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He pretended to wipe sweat from his face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Enrique and Big Daddy pretend that the officers do not notice them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. But they will. Oh, you should’ve heard what they were saying around the playback monitors on the set today. I certainly did. I pretended to be napping, but I picked up everything!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I lay on my side, pretending to be asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I ask, trying to pretend like nothing happened. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pretended to have difficulty reading the name. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If for even an instant he pretended to misery like mine ... Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I kind of squinted at Liz until she went blurry and I could pretend she was Judy, and I took a deep breath and counted 13, 17, 19, 23 and said, “I did.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her, too, that she had known he was smitten—how could she not know?—but pretended not to because she didn’t want a white man. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This prince liked to dress the creature in his dead son’s clothes and pretend he was a child, Ser Axell claimed, and from time to time he would propose marriages for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So if Candace and I were going to go all the way, I was going to have to either pretend like this was no big deal for me, or lie my way out of it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s not a single light, Marie. Everyone is asleep or pretending to be.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pretended to sleep, lying very still but keeping my eyes open. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s no use pretending. This business needs to be sold for Mattie’s dowry, and Eliza here has to find a new job.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no way we can pretend; but there is no way we could give the money back, even if we wanted to. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And perhaps you might pretend, afterwards, that it was only a trick and that you just said it to make them stop and didn’t really mean it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mo turned around with the paper knife pretending to point it at her threateningly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It just feels so weird,” I said, “to not have people talking to you, pretending you don’t even exist.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn't imagine anything worse than driving down to Florida to watch a football game, but I pretended to be impressed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Were you even pretending? Why did you act that way?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Well," she said, pretending to address the whole class, "let us leave sums for the moment and see if any of you have begun to learn to spell. Hands up anyone who can spell cat." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel protected by her, like I can pretend to be mashed potatoes or crème brûlée or whatever I want to be if I see myself through her eyes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I saw then again, and for good, what I had always been afraid to see, and had pretended not to see in him: that he was a woman as well as a man. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and began to unfold it, not even pretending to be hesitant about being nosy. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I basked in their praise, I felt pretty phony pretending I’d just been kidding, though. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The child pretended to be frightened, but she knew her uncle was a doctor and that the bag contained the tools of his profession. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No pretense, which is funny since all they do outside these doors is pretend. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy, a kindergartner back then, sat in my bedroom, pulling the Calvin and Hobbes books down from the shelves and pretending to read them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell him his mom was nice, or pretend that she hadn’t just seen the definition of dysfunction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping to speak to Warren’s sister as well,” she said, and pretended to consult her notes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pretended to be deep in thought before exclaiming, “I’ve got it! Bunk beds. They’ll save us space and give the place a youthful atmosphere.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My pretend daddy read it and said, “Uh-uh-uh, well, you got to give them credit, you wouldn’t expect that they’d have the nerve to come down here and tell the truth.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen until someone presses a pretend button on the table near me that makes me “come to life.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But telling it this way, not like some family joke that makes me scowl and pretend I’m not related to them, I feel like I’m right back in that minute. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My pretend momma said, “No, dear, we only come here mornings. But you make sure you get here plenty early, you hear?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she lowers the screen and I look away, and we both pretend we haven’t seen the website she was just looking at. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pretended to clean up spilled cake, and to get Jemima another piece. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Horace pretended to trip over a curb, then bounced up nimbly and bowed like a dancer, tipping his hat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Call. How about pretending? Just for fun, pretend the guy is a spy, and we’ve got to get the proof.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of them pretend they're just getting fat. My mom said she went shopping the day before I was born, and nobody noticed. But that’s my mom and shopping.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley followed a few steps behind her, pretending to kick a castaway can whenever the American turned to glance her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

One was that Diallo might be the lookout for a “push-in” robber—that is, a burglar who pretends to be a visitor and pushes his way into people’s apartments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Would it be disrespectful to Sandy to pretend I was never friends with him? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He hunkered down and pretended to read his comic book. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he entered, he went straight over to Scythe Faraday to shake his hand, and pretended to be far more jovial and inviting than he truly must have been. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They walk down Fulton Street arm in arm, pretending to window-shop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend it was dark because I was home in bed. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I just pretended it had never happened, either. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we all knew about his whole used-to-be-an-Olympian thing, it was so hard to believe because we never saw him even pretend to take a stride. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“They can only not care if they continue to pretend they don't know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did he simply sit in the park, a book propped on his lap, pretending to read as the real world passed him by? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Unless Eva herself introduced the subject, no one ever spoke of her disability; they pretended to ignore it, unless, in some mood of fancy, she began some fearful story about it—generally to entertain children. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted one daintily and pretended to drink from it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I pretended I didn't hear her and turned away. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Joon starts to snore and pretends he is going back to sleep. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then she just pretended to be their child so she could enroll in the school.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Mom to go away, to leave me alone, but I pretended to be a good kid instead, the way Dad would have written it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I must be cruel no need to hide it, pretending kindness. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even those who had, or pretended to have Party Business were seldom allowed inside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pretends he didn’t hear her offer of dumplings. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pretend this is only my problem,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The morning I told him he was too busy pretending he wasn’t hungover. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She left her phone in her drawer. Where she never leaves it. So who put it there? And who just texted us pretending to be her?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We pretend that success is exclusively a matter of individual merit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I could see my mother wasn’t pretending anything. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my chair and pretend to think it over. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He tells people to wait, so his spies can find out their secrets. Then he pretends the spirits told him everything. It’s all lies.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How hard would it be to hop around, drink some orange juice, and pretend she was as excited as everyone else? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For I had no illusions left now, I no longer made any effort to pretend. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to pretend like our crib is some penthouse out in Beverly Hills. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, but I forced myself to keep walking and pretend I was being a good little captive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Other girls would have pretended that they had never let another boy touch them, but not her, never her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She went back to her blanket and pretended to sleep until she heard Hot Pie's footsteps going away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Why were you pretending that you couldn’t play? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to pretend that this is what matters. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We write her a note, you see, and pretend it’s from Willard.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I have no patience for books that pretend life has meaning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t said anything about his sneakers the whole time, and neither did I. I pretended I didn’t notice them. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They placed themselves a far distance from the rice, yet still within sight, put out the fire, and pretended to go to sleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A small South Asian man beside her, perhaps fifty years old, kept glancing over at her, his eyes pleading, while she pretended not to understand that he wanted her help. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If anyone peered under the bushes and chanced to glimpse human flesh it might be Samneric who would pretend not to see and say nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pretended to strut around, and, on impulse, he raised the Polaroid and took a picture. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was as if we thought pretending nothing had happened would make everything better. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mundín followed me through a path in the hedges and then lingered by my side as I sat on a patio lawn chair pretending great interest in my book. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Yishan, however, pretended not to notice, and was just about to suggest changing direction when an outpouring of people began to cluster into view. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was easier to pretend that it was all from the TV. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ali-Reza pretended like he might not return—he had suffered a crushing defeat, after all—but I knew he would be back when Hossein said, “Different teams next time.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend he was my boy, too, a troubled one in need of guidance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty sly there, pretending your mother called to avoid Sam and them.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

No one even pretends to be happy like Dad does before one of his work parties. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Miss Akkerman comes back to the foyer, I pretend to consider the two dresses she's brought, but really I'm watching the wall clock. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But what about this Mother of yours whom you pretend to love so?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine any of it, Papa cooking, Papa pretending. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sure, I could just turn my head or shield it with my shirt—pretend to wipe sweat—and nobody would know it was me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He bent down, pretending to tie his laces, and ran a finger over the red swoosh on his Nike Air Flights. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back, close my eyes, and pretend I'm asleep. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I pretended to look at the aquarium, which had pea-green slime on the glass and exactly one live fish swimming in the water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to be at all upset while we talked, though I could feel my face getting hot, my smile being fake. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I replied, pretending like I hadn't just been acting like a lunch monitor, trying not to drop my plate while forking my fish. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then we would sit in front of a stone and pretend we were eating our supper. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to pretend that things are so easy right now that I could never even consider my life as a hole. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Moody turned a deep crimson and slouched down in his seat, pretending not to hear. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If you’re the type of person who likes to do any of those things, then I won’t pretend to understand you. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to go with the small talk, tried to pretend I hadn’t had that imaginary conversation with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Talk like what? It’s the truth. I don’t understand why everyone pretends he’s there.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like she might have been waiting for me, which is ridiculous, because when we fight she always pretends I don't exist at least until the afternoon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I just keep shooting hoops, zoning out, pretending that I will never have to go into my house again—that I will never have to remember what happened before I began shooting hoops. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or at least my parents had pretended to let me help. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As it was, we just skipped over it, and once we’d been talking for a while, it was as if we’d agreed to pretend none of that had ever happened. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train and my new pretend brother got farther and farther away, chugging to Chicago. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I have always appreciated your enthusiasm, Pudge. And I’m just going to go ahead and pretend you still have it until it comes back. Now let’s go home and find out why people off themselves.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I inched a little closer, trying to pretend I wasn’t listening. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Why do people want to pretend that death is sleep? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I try to pretend these are my parents. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was pretending it was Lice’s butt. He’s gone, by the way, in case you hadn’t figured that out.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He even pretended the old pickup was a horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turn away from her, pretending that I don’t care if she follows me or not. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Too many people these days, they just turn their backs or close their eyes, pretending everything is wonderful in the world. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was too much to ask two little kids to sit still and pretend to be interested. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was pretending to sweep the children out, as Mother said, because they kept hanging around the house after they arrived. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped I wouldn’t have to pretend to do something to a boy, like Shannon. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It took a lot out of him, pretending to cry for the past half hour, Emma told herself. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s not normalizing anything if everyone just pretends they don't see it or that the tampons don't exist.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she continued to pretend that her son was doing fine, that his grades were good and his conduct was improving. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The good news is that I read the book, and because of its fantasy nature, I could not pretend that I was in the book. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t mean that I wasn’t going to close my eyes and pretend, if only for a few minutes, that I was the Ruby who still lived on Millwood Drive. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I turn back to my doodle and pretend to be intent on my work. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The way he said that, get a boyfriend, reminded me of Heather saying it wasn't fair, why did she have to put on a happy face and pretend like she wasn't in pain. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend to knock on the door so that I can see what’s in the box, a bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, cheese, tomatoes and, oh, God, a jar of marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pretend it’s a tropical shower, shaking my head and reveling in it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I know my mother listened to her own heart, to no longer pretend. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she’d have to pretend she was all filled up on tomato water while everyone else ordered $50 desserts and ate them around her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Dad came into the room, I pretended to be asleep, and he left. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was no need to pretend, I knew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana smiled at Mrs. Kennedy, pretending not to hear the impatience in her voice or notice the way she tapped her gold-sandaled foot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now I saw he had only been pretending all this time to be so innocent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I pretend that this is no big deal, that guys always pick me up in a cab and open the door for me all the time. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He pretends to lift a hat to greet her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then we pretended to walk up a flight of stairs, to indicate that we had entered the factory. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

You forfeit membership in the family, the blood fraternity, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t pretend to be part of it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel looked calm, but I couldn’t tell if she was pretending or not. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo pretended to drink his wine, but his eyes bulged over the rim of his cup. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I love spinning the little dial, pretending I’m an international jewel thief. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But because Old Tallow was, after all, an elder, and because Mama had always insisted that Omakayas be polite as possible to her elders, Omakayas pretended to listen to the story. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But even she had a tense look around her eyes, like she was fighting against squeezing them shut and pretending none of this had happened. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to pretend I didn’t care what the woman said, but I did. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That day, when my friends and I were watching our little cows, I pretended to be one of the village warriors. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t pretend her phony potion had cured him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we decided to leave the endless trail and stop pretending we were mountain men because we weren’t. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to pretend this Hudson stuff isn’t confusing, because it is. But I just want you to know that the way I feel about you? Isn’t confusing.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was, rather, pretending that it had not happened. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could not pretend I had not heard him, and no one would understand any excuse for my not coming down to hear his report. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at his lost beauty in the bed and pretending not to do so. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pretended that she was spending the penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended, really hard, to appear uninterested in him, but that’s all it was. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It makes me happy to pretend that I’m your older girlfriend.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended to give him a hard slap in the face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We just pretend to think about talking, and we mention from time to time that one of these days, we really should sit down and talk. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I smell wet pavement, and pretend that this is all there is. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just leave it alone and pretend it's our only audience member. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After we’d finished all our food we put our bowls up and I thanked my pretend family again, I asked them, “Are you going to be coming back for supper?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Amari pretended to chase him, but as soon as he was out of sight, she reached down into the small stream that flowed near Kwasi’s tree and splashed water on her face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the long rows of chairs by the metal detectors, Jasper and Alice pretending to people- watch but really watching me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing in life prepares a guy for that, not even pretending to be a Greek warrior. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those freckles looked like she’d been sprinkled with something extra, and I forgot all about pretending to know what I was doing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She waited outside the basement door, pretending to use the pay phone until there was no one in either direction. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sweeping it under the rug and pretending it had never happened. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could close my eyes and pretend that he was Daario. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And he would appreciate it more if the adults talked with him about stuff like this instead of awkwardly pretending like everything was okay when it clearly wasn’t. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We went to the car, which P. D. carefully and ostentatiously pretended to unlock. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked my head down and pretended to study, to be out of the fight. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I wish I could have kept pretending that he was alive,” Grandpa says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looked out the window, pretending to ignore me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But right now I fight to keep my mind blank, to pretend that this room is all that has ever existed and all that will ever exist. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

With certain people, mainly grown-ups and silly boys, pretending to be a ditzy princess made getting what she wanted a whole lot easier. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I think I might even pretend to pick an ant from my hair and eat it, but who can tell, the whole thing is going so fast. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I take a big swing and pretend to miss. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I knew he was there, but I could pretend he wasn’t. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like to ask, as everyone knew it or pretended they did. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no use pretending I had a premonition when Piper was around because if any manifestation was going to make itself manifest, it wasn’t going to be to me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father glanced at Jazz, who was pretending to watch TV, but she was really waiting to hear what was going on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bad guys who abide by no societal laws whatsoever but are good at pretending when it suits them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He could not pretend now that he was not scared. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look up when I come in, so I pretend not to see him. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Blanca pretended to accept his explanation, but her husband’s vehemence struck her as suspicious, since he normally paid no attention to her problems. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play with my color sticks and pretend I do not see her thinking about eating me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“He drinks until he turns into a monster. Mom just gets drunk and pretends nothing has happened. It’s like a bad dream I can’t wake up from.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When he acted he became as unreal as she had been, pretending to be a virgin for the unicorn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sherm would carry the microphone, spooling out the cord the way Mr. Partridge taught them, and Emily, pretending to be Bridge, would carry the mike stand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shift my shoulders, pretending I need to stretch so she won’t notice I’m squirming. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played silly games, sang nonsense rhymes—and pretended that, at least for those few hours, there was no Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was no pretending away the bruises under her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You have. You came in here and pretended it didn’t stink and told me about Macon and my sweet little Pilate.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When police visited the farm, the farmer told Shin to pretend to be a mute. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She pretended she could see their faces on the steps, and scrubbed harder to wipe them away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I swing it through the air and pretend I’m taking off Marcus’s head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to pay attention because I hoped that Ocean would take the hint and stop talking to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We hid our guilty interest by giggling or pretending disgust. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you like to gamble,” Mama squabbles, diverting attention by pretending our real predicament is her naughty husband. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if Bob’s just pretending to sleep, but he doesn’t answer. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t stop him when he thinks about asking the tour guide an unanswerable question or when he considers pretending to see a large bird off in the distance. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I look out the car window, pretending not to hear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But we pretended we didn’t hear her, and I wrapped my arms around Jesse’s neck, and he kissed me like the world had fallen out from under our feet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was able to produce a credible smile, and pretend—she hoped—that she was fine, while inside her very spirit hissed with outrage, and with shock that Minya would go so far. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I pretend I can feel the warmth of it through the window. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It happened a few times. I can’t remember how many. I always pretended to be asleep.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t I tell people to go to hell? I’m not a decent human being, so why do I keep pretending to act like one?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Johnny read, McGarrity pretended that it was his little girl who had written the story. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan faces and bodies as I walk, searching for irregular breaths, flickering eyelids, anything to suggest that the people lying on the ground are just pretending to be unconscious. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re both going to pretend that I was invited by the Crown Prince—and right now you are going to make such a fuss about me being late that they won’t object.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pretend to wake up, and turn to him, but not opening my legs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pretended with our heads thrown back, our arms limp and useless, dangling like the dead. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window and pretended like I wasn’t even listening to her go on about all the things I could do. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Why did you pretend to not understand our language all these months?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Do you get tired of the acting and pretending?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Like Aunt Nancy pretending not to know him doesn’t deserve a response. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now only a few of the older order remained, and they no longer even pretended to trans-mute metals ... . . . but they could make wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Charm Bracelets wanted to pretend they were from the East, and I guess I had picked up that urge, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first I can’t think of what to say, but then I pretend I’m writing in my diary again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Most days, I pretended like I had a stomachache and spent the afternoon in the nurse’s office drawing more stars and hearts on my arm with a marker. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We both pretended not to hear the quiver in my voice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In pretend embarrassment, Mary scolded her husband for his boldness, “What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told us to pretend they were puddles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The least they could do was pretend that we didn’t look like fools in our ballooning togas and beards and bows and arrows. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’ve been avoiding her bearish eyes until the opportune time in the locker room, pretending I’m really into perfecting my squats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended to study a caterpillar in the grass at my feet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lucas pretended to love her as much as she thought he did. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her face was sad now, droopy; but it wasn’t real, it was pretend, clownish. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of the doctors pretended to shove the wall back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rarely had I worked so hard at anything, and yet no matter how incompetent I pretended to be, Shelley stubbornly kept me on the payroll. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

No sense in pretending she could sleep through the noise of it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From now until then, she will pretend that there is a big wall between her and them. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pretends she needs to run an errand, but I know exactly what she’s doing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I pretend you were my baby,” she said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Or are you pretending? How about if I untie you from this contraption and take you home?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Reaching out, she tried to pretend Fourth Cousin was there. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was enough that he could pretend to ignore Cecilia’s bare arm at his side—he could feel its heat—and the hostile gaze of Briony who sat diagonally across from him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But by the sixth year, at thirteen and sixteen, they were too old to even pretend it was funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With the wind coming off the water, Nailer could pretend he was actually on a deep-sea vessel, speeding toward the horizon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held two fingers to his head and pretended to blow himself away. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The plan, full of details intended to fool Clinton, was put into a pouch and given to an agent pretending to be a Tory farmer. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were bickering about something, which made it easier to pretend that everything was normal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We went to our classes, did our Greek, and generally managed to pretend among one another and everybody else that things were all right. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It may seem weird, but Suraya and I—she gets me, you know? We can be together, and it’s easy. I don’t have to pretend to be something I’m not.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I pound my glove, feel for the whiteboard, and then pretend I’m taking away a home run with a leaping grab. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I thought he might burst into tears, but, to my relief, he didn’t, and I pretended I hadn’t heard the crack in his voice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had agreed that if any questions were asked Lasaraleen would pretend that Aravis was a slave she was taking as a present to one of the princesses. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pretend to sleep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not the Arnold Schwarzenegger version of Mr. Freeze from Batman & Robin; I like to pretend that movie never existed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine that I will ever come home for a homecoming game after I leave here, but it was fun to pretend that I was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was so sweet that Omakayas often pretended that he was her very own baby. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Slopper immediately pretended to be asleep, letting out one fake wavering snore. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Where they could run and slap the street signs pretending to dunk. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the mirror, I try to pretend it’s a sharp blazer. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The feeling started in her cheeks and prickled down her neck as she lay on the jungle floor, pretending to be asleep just a few minutes longer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“At markets and fairs. At children’s birthday parties. Did you ever go to one of those fairs where people pretend they’re still living in medieval times?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Chacko was puzzled to see everybody back so early, but pretended otherwise. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can tell if I’m really sick or simply faking it, because sometimes I do pretend I don’t feel good just so I can stay home. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

So della Porta simply tucked the thread back into place and pretended there was nothing wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Both laws epitomized the ethos of the Nationalist government, which pretended to preserve what they were attempting to destroy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Kevin helped him up to his feet, and I looked at Coach M, who seemed to be pretending he didn’t hear Chas cuss. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead I usually pretend not to hear or mumble something that has a few indistinct syllables. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I pretended to grab at them and they ran off, screaming, which satisfied me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dad pretended he had forgotten all about her, as he resumed the conversation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except Redemption had been her friend for too long, and he could tell when she was pretending. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He walked on, swaggering a little, going as slowly as he dared and pretending that he didn’t really want to see what it was. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I pretended a fly had flown into my eye, but June totally wasn’t fooled. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

While the little boys ran around pretending to shoot each other and fall dead in the road, it appeared that little girls were running the country. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been a lot of pretending since the most ridiculous divorce of all time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Well then, pretend my book is a pair of Flush tickets. That’s how important this is to me.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

During each visit, Cole relaxed on his bed and pretended to read a newspaper, completely ignoring them. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“No. I was there, but only pretending to be frozen.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Smile coquettishly, pretend you know everything, offer everyone a piece of advice and mother them:—that’s sure to make a good impression. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Better to pretend that none of this exists. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They pretended to breathe in and out while all the time I knew the air had been sucked away in a monstrous inhalation from God Himself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not much, but it’s a gesture to give me a pretend kind of privacy. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“She’s very bright. If ... if our enemies have her, she will try to play for time. She may even pretend to cooperate. “That’s right,” Thalia said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know anything about me, so don’t pretend you know me.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She puts one back into her purse super fast, and I pretend not to see. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I rocked lightly from left to right in the chair and pretended that the fake bird chirping her clock made when it struck six hadn’t scared me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She pretended his eyes weren’t scouring her. up and down, steel wool scraping her skin raw. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They walked around the block three times, the cop pretending not to notice the hands that went up to hide smiles as the people saw a fully uniformed officer of the law so engaged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was going smoothly until April took down the question and with a dramatic flourish got ready to pretend to read. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pretend armband was only going to pass at a glance, not to mention my oddly bulging shape beneath the coat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

August pretended she didn’t hear it while I stared at the velvet footstool and wished Rosaleen could be more cultured. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents gave me just enough money so that I could pretend to have more money than I did. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure does,” I agreed, pretending it was a mystery when I knew what was happening over at Miss Trotter’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

These women were murdered in a pretend accident! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I had become his mini-me—a parsimonious, self-sufficient Vulcan who pretended everything was great when it really wasn’t. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It had spread with astonishing speed.The human beings could not contain their rage when they heard this song, though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The girls pretended they didn’t see the boys and kept on chattering. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stand silhouetted in the grainy light of the bedroom, and though all of us were supposed to be asleep, and pretended to be, we were rapt, awed by his cheer and bravado. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I bend down and pretend to fix my heel so he can’t see the abject horror and embarrassment on my face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And each time her friend tried to get her attention, Shirley pretended to be solving the denominator. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pretended to believe that it wasn’t theirs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick pretended not to be as into it as I was, but he went along, adding pieces to the tower here and there when he felt like it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Julia, who was pretending I hadn’t just walked in, seemed to be in the middle of a long speech about how American cheese wasn’t even real cheese, strictly speaking. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and pretended to study the pictures on the walls like I was a lover of religious art. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended the floor would crack if I didn’t move lightly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, whenever I get nervous or feel any kind of pressure, I two-piece the hell out of the shower water, pretending I'm in a real fight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be scared and broke out running down the hall. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Not really,” I answered honestly, instead of pretending to be normal like everyone else. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry managed to shake Neville off at the Fat Lady by telling him the password, then pretending he’d left his vampire essay in the library and doubling back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pretended to be a merchant named Timothy Jones. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember that I started to cry, in the middle of that pretend clock, but Mom and Dad did not notice. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had made things harder for Cecilia with her third, though it was preposterous of her to pretend to be disappointed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pretends to brush me off, my arm and shoulder, bringing her face close to my ear. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cain knew who she was; all of her simpering and pretending and holding back had been for nothing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One after the other, pretending to have an aching tooth, asking at each one for Dr. Rosen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As a girl, I’d passed whole days playing “mommy” to my dolls, pretending that I knew how to dress and feed them, brushing their hair, and tenderly putting Band-Aids on their plastic knees. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They are then overthrown by the Middle, who enlist the Low on their side by pretending to them that they are fighting for liberty and justice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Jan, just pretend you don’t see him,” Tats says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They tried to ignore the sign, push it aside during their lunch hour, pretend it wasn’t there. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

All it took was her slithering her way into my life, into my deepest fears and secrets, pretending to be my friend, only to destroy every piece of me I had left. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, what? We can’t pretend that any of us was very attached to this spinner. We don’t even know its name. Except maybe you,” Ripred said to the orange spider. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using her and James’s secret code, she wrote out her plan, but made an effort to act like she was trying to recall the pretend cipher she was conjuring up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone pretended to eat as they leaned forward, listening. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“The Amyr are dramatic figures. When we are young we all pretend to be Amyr and fight battles with willow-switch swords. It is natural for boys to be attracted to those stories.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m sick and tired of pretending to be strong. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and read through some of the entries at night, when I want to pretend I can still hear my brother’s voice. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be on my own and continued walking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes not. Some people are always like that and just pretend to be civil.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They pretended to help only because they didn’t know what else to do. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We pretended the girl flipping pizzas behind the counter was going to grow up to be the first woman on Mars. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was no pretending; Harry was sure she was right. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Lily pretended to wipe sweat off her brow. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Once I finish telling you this, I plan on trying on my cap and gown and pretending I am walking down the aisle like I will be tomorrow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would pretend that I was just out buying school supplies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was sorry for being rude on the phone and pretending she couldn’t hear her mom. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I could then have pretended to notice him for the first time and have engaged him in conversation in an impromptu manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like paranoia in reverse when people are really calling you insulting things and you deliberately pretend they aren’t. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our whole class hushed and listened, but I pretended she was reading only to me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the chime of the front door marked his friends’ exit, he waved them off and stayed with Dawn, who didn’t even remember to pretend she needed something from the store. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

We pretend there’s such a thing as a private conversation in this house, but I have always been able to hear everything from the hall outside my bedroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She could almost pretend that they had the bus to themselves. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Only then did he pretend to notice the used guns on prominent display along the top shelf of the counter behind which Nick stood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other boys pretended to know what they didn’t know. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Better than gettin’ shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So why does she always pretend to smile? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I always knew this, but I told myself he was a dragonfly anyway—told myself this lie, just so that I could try to pretend my brother might come back to me someday. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Lily was always flustered around him but trying to pretend she wasn't. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Lyra clenched herself, but relaxed almost at once as Pantalaimon thought to her: We’re only safe as long as we pretend. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We used to lie like this as kids, when Mom and Dad would let us have pretend sleepovers in the living room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I was a little kid, I used to pretend I was a princess who had been adopted when my kingdom was overrun by bad guys. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Isa, let’s just pretend this whole thing never happened. Okay?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the sudden crunch of footsteps on gravel and, hardly aware of what I was doing, turned away spasmodically and pretended to inspect the trunk of a nearby tree. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You be careful, now,” she says, and she kisses her palm and pretends to blow it in my direction. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We were only rule followers pretending to be renegades. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I continue pretending to measure anything growing along the way with the toxometer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She giggled, bent her bear over at the waist, and pretended it was vomiting. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was realizing that the magazine pictures were pretending to reach this level of wealth, and yet somehow had no idea how to attain it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Lane Coutell. He’s only been Franny’s boy friend for a whole year. You’ve met him at least half a dozen times that I know of, so just don’t pretend you don’t know who he is.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she reached the dead-drop site, she pretended to sneeze and then dropped the pack. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my cheek and pretend I don't notice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sister Ibinabo was powerful, and because she pretended to wear her power lightly, it only made her more so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not to cry, I shut my eyes and pretend sleep. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good, happy tune about brotherly love and living in a world of peace and whatnot, and I pretended to hate it just to bug her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to pretend to be fine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She cooked their breakfast and pretended she was sane and content. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I pretend to need to be nudged awake again, this time in front of Baba’s Pizza and Pasta. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Not always. But I do with you. You don’t have to pretend you love me. That’s over for the evening. Is there anything you’d like to talk about?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Marly couldn’t pretend like Joe could, because she was always getting scared. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretending not to watch me from his locker as I dodged other students who were too busy staring at their phones to notice they were in my way. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And then you got up in the morning and pretended that none of it had happened. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I was so sad I could barely speak, but I was pretending everything was all right and that I was happy for her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pretend we re a pair of daredevil explorers who’ve discovered a giant prehistoric monster in some distant jungle and we've brought it back for the world to see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching into her pocket, she pretended to be searching, though her fingers were already clutching a candy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And you're a genuine old-fashioned English butler, not just some waiter pretending to be one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We find Coach hanging out with the other Bellmont faculty members in the parking lot drinking beer from paper cups and pretending that we students don’t know what’s in the cups. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet it’s actually somebody pretending to be a magician just to mess with me.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I got to watch Doris call in to her job and pretend to be sick, which is something she never did. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My only defense was pretending that I was driven insane by a passionate love for Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald liked to pretend he was driving a big, fine silver car down the expressway. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my sister sees us pretending to smoke, she shakes her head. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I hopped on my board, how my foot found the pavement again and again, how I wheeled right up to the death scene with Fang, pretending I didn’t have a clue. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I was pretending it was Lice’s butt. He’s gone, by the way, in case you hadn’t figured that out.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On these weekends time would sometimes seem to stop as we pretended that these stolen moments together were the rule not the exception of our lives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother pretended she had dropped something, and as she bent down, she slid me out from under the napkin on to the floor under the table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ellen pretended to be very ill—her right arm was in a sling, and her right hand was bandaged, because she was supposed to have rheumatism. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna pretended not to have heard and instead said to Baby, “Now, look what you did to your dress! Hurry inside so we can wash it off!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt his feelings though, so I pretended to cough a couple of times and covered my face. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move closer and pretend to nibble on the rest of my cube just like she is. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I listen in on the conversations at the tables around me, and pretend I’m a college student, even though I’m a lot older than they are. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He carries a huge plastic paramedic pack and a giant gunlike thing that we always pretended was some kind of vaccine syringe. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns up her nose and pokes out her lips as if pretending to be fancy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I pretend I'm busy with my studies and college applications when Didu asks me to quiz her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A long time before Bas died, we had a pretend argument about whose fault it was that he'd fallen in love with me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z