How to use "pretense" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "pretense" in popular movie and book plots

  • They play themselves, although the scene seems to perpetuate the band's former pretense that they are indeed siblings.  - Coffee and Cigarettes
  • Lehman visits Nick in his office under the pretense of asking for money to keep his identity secret.  - Double Jeopardy (1999 film)
  • Catherine, dropping all pretense of her former self, then bites into Rafe, showing us that Lilith may be dead but her legacy will continue.  - Bordello of Blood
  • Later in the night, under the pretense of buying a paperweight, Paul visits Marcy, taking a cab to her apartment.  - After Hours (film)
  • As the sun rises, the Magistrate under the pretense of getting rid of the bandits but in actually, came for the treasure.  - Dororo
  • Alice and Joe finally meet, under the pretense of their children having a 'play-date'.  - Alice (1990 film)
  • Solek's pretense is nearly exposed when the Gestapo investigates "Jupp"'s supposed parentage.  - Europa Europa
  • Jessie's delighted but Frances offers a pretense of modesty.  - To Catch a Thief
  • Realizing her predicament, Bobby Ray pretends to be her cousin, backing up her pretense that this is her childhood home.  - Sweet Home Alabama (film)
  • Under the pretense of delivering a coffee spoon to Miss Giselle he had walked up the aisle and stabbed her with the poisoned thorn.  - Death in the Clouds
  • He eventually takes her in his house as a semi-official mistress under the pretense that she take care of his ailing, senile mother.  - Marriage Italian Style
  • They are shot dead under the pretense that they were trying to escape.  - The Great Escape (film)
  • As the cabaret is converted to a theater, Christian and Satine continue seeing each other under the pretense of rehearsing Satine's lines.  - Moulin Rouge!
  • Locky goes to the MacDonald farm under the pretense of purchasing ground barley, but really wants to get a look at baby Johnny.  - Johnny Belinda (1948 film)
  • The Queen fools Snow White into biting into the poisoned apple under the pretense that it is a magic apple that grants wishes.  - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
  • The protagonist is assigned Number Six, but he repeatedly refuses the pretense of his new identity.  - The Prisoner

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