How to pronounce pretence

Listen to pretence in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“pretence” in real sentences

69 clips in the index · 63 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. policies under the pretence of market consistency.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

  2. pretence that she can govern this country?

    UK Parliament · hear it here

  3. The pretence of the State of Free Lebanon was dropped at this point.

    ABC News In-depth · hear it here

  4. Let us see through attempts to rebrand snares as “humane cable restraints” and through any pretence

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

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