All 6 Uses of
pretense
in
Dune
- This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions.†
Book 1 *
- Review, friends—troops long past review: Each a dot of time without pretense or guile.†
Book 1
- Shall we now shed sham and pretense?†
Book 3
- They say she has pretensions of a literary nature.†
Book 3
- Considering the unrest of the time, this may not be an excessive estimate, although any pretense to real accuracy in the figure must be just that — pretense.†
Book A2 -
- Considering the unrest of the time, this may not be an excessive estimate, although any pretense to real accuracy in the figure must be just that — pretense.†
Book A2 -
Definition:
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(pretense) a false appearance or action to help one pretendeditor's notes: This is sometimes seen in the expression "false pretense" or "false pretenses" which is just emphasizing that behavior or actions do not reflect the true situation.