Synonyms for false pretense


Grammar : Noun


Définition of false pretense

  • noun offense of false representation
Example sentences :
  • The people will see beneath the false pretense the bare, naked facts.
  • Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
  • The wretch had left her on false pretense in a den of shame.
  • Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
  • "It is a false pretense;" and she scorned all false pretenses.
  • Extract from : « A Captain in the Ranks » by George Cary Eggleston
  • I am obnoxious to a party, and they adopt a false pretense to cut me off.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Magazine, Vol III, June 1851 » by Various
  • So he flushed, and felt that he was obtaining the required permission by false pretense.
  • Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy
  • These he scorned the more bitterly for their false pretense, demanding plain meat and a lot of it.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • “I have been arousing your sympathy by false pretense,” he said, and the laughter in his voice demanded a real effort.
  • Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
  • He always applauds a forgery, a false pretense, or a lie: he calls it a stratagem.
  • Extract from : « Cyrus the Great » by Jacob Abbott
  • He would not suffer her kindness under a false pretense; he could at least be honest with her.
  • Extract from : « The Main Chance » by Meredith Nicholson
  • She could not afford anything pretentious in dress, and she would make no false pretense.
  • Extract from : « A Captain in the Ranks » by George Cary Eggleston

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