I thought shame, I say; for the mountebank was dressed with a big paper collar, the book he made believe to read from was an odd volume of a novel, and the words of his service not fit to be set down.
I was a little caught up at my swearing, just when all was going straight; and so was the missionary, I suppose, but he made believe to look out of the window, and thanked us.
Up I stood, made believe to stretch myself, came down the verandah stair, and strolled towards the river.
He made believe he was terribly afraid of Aunt Phebe, and trotted back with it just like a little boy, and then came bringing out an old sheet-iron fireboard.
T was Uncle Jacob when he made believe look to see if that boot-top wasn't made of mighty poor leather.
I kept my head down, and we made believe think of nothing but just the lesson.
He lost his mittens trying to unhitch it, and his hands ached, but he made believe laugh, and we put him down in the bottom to warm 'em in the hay.
He made believe," she said, "that he thought we should lose the way.
I made believe I was sleeping soundly, and began to snore loudly.
Then, in a fit of spitefulness, I made believe I was a stranger.
And she sat there and played with pages and made believe she didn't know we made believe.
When that had gone on for a time and our train was slipping silently along beside the Hudson, we felt we couldn't stand it any longer, so we made believe we wanted to go out and smoke.
Illustration: We made believe we wanted to go out and smoke.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "made believe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
