... Altisidora then, pretending to wipe away her tears with a handkerchief, made an obeisance to her master and mistress and quitted the room...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
...With tightly puckered mouth and an absent-minded air, she would then seat herself at the table, pretending not to hear Don Marcelo’s verbal outpourings of enthusiasm...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
... Some gazed at him with pity because of his ignorance, others with suspicion, believing that he was merely pretending not to know of these events which had happened so near him...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
..."Who?" asked his friends, jestingly, pretending not to understand him...
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Frances Douglas 「The Blood of the Arena」
... “The king?” exclaimed the bishop, pretending to be annoyed...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...Saint-Aignan, who had carried his discretion so far as to remain without stirring in his corner, pretending to wipe away a tear, ran forward at the king’s summons...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...They then separated, Raoul pretending to thank her highness; Henrietta pitying, or seeming to pity, with all her heart, the wretched young man she had just condemned to such fearful torture...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Louise de la Valliere」
... Ffoulkes turned his head away, pretending to busy himself with the coffee-making utensils...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
...I succeeded in fooling those brutes one day by pretending to be willing to accede to their will...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
... on which alone so many had rested their objections? Must we not blush at pretending...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...A swindler has two sets—one real, one false; and he makesyou buy the false ones by showing you the real, and pretending hesells them as a special favour...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
..."Good shot!" Charles murmured, pretending not to mind, though hedetests losing...
Grant Allen 「An African Millionaire」
...The Major found Omrah and Begum both in their corners of the waggon, the former pretending to be fast asleep, while the latter was chattering and swearing at the unusual disturbance...
Captain Frederick Marryat 「The Mission; or Scenes in Africa」
...He desires to vomit; he drivels, andswallows his drivel, pretending to enjoy this little amusement...
Leo Tolstoy 「The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories」
..."But, Kitty, really and truly, without pretending,you were born white, you know...
Edith Nesbit 「Pussy and Doggy Tales」
...In my younger days, I was in the habit of teazing afavourite dog by twitching his nose and pretending to pull his ears...
Edward Jesse 「Anecdotes of Dogs」
...There are very few that consciously resist work, or who humbug us by pretending they are ill...
Henny Kindermann Agnes Blake 「Lola」
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