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Example sentences for "make believe"

  • You noticed from what she said that my wife tried to make believe it might be well if he didn't; but she had to drop that; it set the girl wild.

  • I tried to make believe that I was sparing her alone, but I knew I was sparing myself, too, and that made it harder to decide.

  • It's so gay and amusing to make believe, and so--beautiful.

  • But she'd hate me even to make believe," he said to himself.

  • Make believe I'm going to take you round in my car, and I'll tell you some of the things that will happen to us.

  • Is this takin' of them papers a make believe game?

  • True that it can "make believe" from the most rudimentary hints, but it is much easier to do so if something not too actual is the groundwork.

  • Got to make believe sometimes, sir," said Josiah.

  • When you see a girl from the country come here twice a week for maybe two months and then go away trying that hard to make believe it wasn't of any account.

  • Make believe, Sue, that you see a tramp coming down the road.

  • Bunny was to make believe he couldn't turn a handspring very well, and Mart would then take the center of the stage.

  • Then I'll make believe I'm a tramp and come along the road.

  • We'll make believe you've lost your husband in the wars.

  • Only we make believe, lots of times, that we're going to.

  • I saw you playing soldiers and I thought I'd make believe I was another enemy coming up behind.

  • There he sat on the top of the glass showcase, growling away (make believe of course) and waving his paws like a real bear.

  • Except that now, as no one could see him, he was allowed to make believe come to life and could do as he pleased.

  • Until then it'll pay us fo'mast hands to make believe we're busy, even if we ain't.

  • It will be the first time I've ever had to make believe!

  • And I'll make believe I'm naughty," added Billy.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "make believe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    make another; make anything; make choice; make discoveries; make fire; make friends; make from; make herself; make laws; make less; make life; make mention; make more; make one; make restitution; make sail; make the; make thee; make three; make use; make war; make your; makes mention; public duty; seditious libel; will join