How to pronounce pretense
Listen to pretense 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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“pretense” in real sentences
183 clips in the index · 14 American · 13 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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pretense they were a pretense for control Trump allies as McKay said in the first term
The Atlantic · hear it here
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the right um Act of pretense when you're writing because pre pretense it is unlike spoken
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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pretense is that in the end you don't know whether it's pretense or not hyperobjects simply
Sarah Lewison · hear it here
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Arthur Rambo gave up the pretense of poetry.
Interdisciplinary Studies Institute UMass Amherst · hear it here
Why real speech
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