Citations:pretended


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I also saw Formality and Hypocrisy come tumbling over the wall, to go, as they pretended, to Zion, but they were quickly lost, even as I myself did tell them; but they would not believe.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "That is the most unforgiving speech," said Elizabeth, "that I ever heard you utter. Good girl! It would vex me, indeed, to see you again the dupe of Miss Bingley's pretended regard."