Sample Sentences for
charade
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    The charade couldn't last, not even until supper.  (source)
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    "And this charade about the Stilson boy," Mother said.  (source)
    charade = false portrayal
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    Connor, Risa, and Lev hurry across the street toward it—all part of the charade, just in case the cops are watching them through their rearview mirror.  (source)
    charade = a situation in which people act as though something is true that is not
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    The only challenge would be to persuade Langdon to set down the keystone so Teabing could safely end this charade.  (source)
    charade = a situation in which people act as though something is true that is not
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    And you've been in on this little charade all along.  (source)
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    The first time he threw one, I was convinced it was a charade, an act he was putting on.†  (source)
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    Why did they play that giant charade of soldiers arriving in the nick of time to save us?†  (source)
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    This whole charade of living like a slave had come to an end.†  (source)
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    Long after the Big Sister charade had petered out, Abby thought of Linnie fondly.†  (source)
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    They were like a parlor charade of horse and rider.†  (source)
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    And really, what's the whole point of this charade if he's just going to keep going back to her anyway?†  (source)
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    Wes joked about it, putting on a charade around his friends, but it was the most uncomfortable and vulnerable he had ever felt.†  (source)
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    I wanted to believe it was because she was playing the charade and not because she was being compelled, but I remembered the way she'd been yanked I around as if by a rope earlier at Loki's command Sam stood to my right, her hands clasped anxiously.†  (source)
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