1. pretense

noun. ['priːˈtɛns'] the act of giving a false appearance.

Rhymes with Pretense

• misrepresents
• nondefense
• commonsense
• suspense
• expense
• dispense
• condense
• intense
• incense
• defense
• defence
• commence
• whence
• spens
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• offense
• immense
• ferenc
• thence
• sense
• pense
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• hense
• hence
• fence
• dense
• cents
• bence

Sentences with pretense

1. Noun, singular or mass
You can file a false pretense case against someone who has written you a bad check.

Quotes about pretense

1. A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself
- Maya Angelou

2. To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
- Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

3. In the war room, love? What if someone comes in?”I stood and removed his shirt. “Then they’ll have a good story to tell.”“Good?” He adopted the pretense of being offended.“Prove me wrong.
- Maria V. Snyder, Fire Study

2. pretense

noun. ['priːˈtɛns'] a false or unsupportable quality.

3. pretense

noun. ['priːˈtɛns'] imaginative intellectual play.

4. pretense

noun. ['priːˈtɛns'] an artful or simulated semblance.

5. pretense

noun. ['priːˈtɛns'] pretending with intention to deceive.