All 4 Uses of
pretext
in
Washington Square
- But it will be a good reason for coming another time; a little pretext—if I am obliged to give one.†
Chpt 5 *
- "She would be enchanted to be able to prove to herself that she is persecuted," said the Doctor; and when at last he questioned her, he was sure she would contrive to extract from his words a pretext for this belief.†
Chpt 8
- It's because I can't bring myself to step in between her and her father—to give him the pretext he grasps at—so eagerly (it's a hideous sight) for depriving her of her rights."†
Chpt 28
- She would have given her little finger to know what Morris had said and done, what tone he had taken, what pretext he had found.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(pretext) a false reason presented to hide the real reason for doing something