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.
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policies under the pretence of market consistency.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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pretence that she can govern this country?
UK Parliament · hear it here
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The pretence of the State of Free Lebanon was dropped at this point.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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Let us see through attempts to rebrand snares as “humane cable restraints” and through any pretence
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
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