Sample Sentences forpretext (auto-selected)
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They used the incident as a pretext to invade the country.pretext = a false reason presented to hide the real reason (for doing something)
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It was just a pretext for John to stroke Tita's hands in front of Pedro. (source)pretext = false excuse
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The pretext for many of the outbursts was miscommunication.† (source)
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The pretext was that they had evicted a trespasser.† (source)
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The field commandant will hold the shuttle here until dawn on a pretext.† (source)
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The pretext had been a piece on women truck drivers.† (source)
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Then, under the pretext of bringing in aid, they could legitimately enter Pakistan and spy on all our secrets.† (source)
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The rest of us were constantly being beaten in the most savage way, on the most frivolous pretexts, but never Sebastian.† (source)
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Pretexting an appointment one afternoon, for he was not a little ashamed of his weakness, he left Dunsford and went straight to the shop which he had vowed never again to enter.† (source)
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On the pretext that the private office was needed for something else, Miep took Mr. Dussel upstairs, opened the bookcase and stepped inside, while Mr. Dussel looked on in amazement.† (source)
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Like you, sir, I have abandoned that pathetic faith with its pretexts and evasions.† (source)
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After breakfast he left the house under the pretext of wanting to tell August the latest developments.† (source)
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It's dispiriting, the way she invents pretexts.† (source)
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And yet every time I devised some pretext to get her on her own, here he came, thump thump thump, sheepish grin, arm around her shoulder, wrecking everything.† (source)
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On various pretexts they all moved off, and Alice was soon left alone.† (source)
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Or perhaps Gaea's forces had arranged some pretext to keep the tourists and construction workers away.† (source)
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