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The example sentences of PRETEXT in videos (14 in total of 18)

in preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner spring noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction 1808 cardinal number , under preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction guarding verb, gerund or present participle spain proper noun, singular against preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner british proper noun, singular , french proper noun, singular
at preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner start noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pandemic adjective , the determiner trump proper noun, singular administration noun, singular or mass used verb, past participle the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction national adjective health noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction covid proper noun, singular - 19 cardinal number
have verb, non-3rd person singular present been verb, past participle the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass by preposition or subordinating conjunction which wh-determiner the determiner amarc proper noun, singular corporation noun, singular or mass was verb, past tense allowed verb, past participle to to secure verb, base form the determiner world noun, singular or mass s proper noun, singular economic adjective assets noun, plural .
this determiner offer noun, singular or mass was verb, past tense declined verb, past participle , it personal pronoun provided verb, past tense the determiner romans proper noun, singular with preposition or subordinating conjunction a determiner pretext noun, singular or mass to to flex verb, base form their possessive pronoun muscles noun, plural , so preposition or subordinating conjunction they personal pronoun
a determiner type noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction cost noun, singular or mass not adverb unique adjective to to the determiner dime proper noun, singular building noun, singular or mass proper noun, singular and coordinating conjunction a determiner pretext noun, singular or mass for preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner abandonment noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner
to to justify verb, base form starting verb, gerund or present participle that determiner conversation noun, singular or mass and coordinating conjunction a determiner small adjective favor noun, singular or mass can modal be verb, base form the determiner perfect adjective pretext noun, singular or mass just adverb walk verb, base form up preposition or subordinating conjunction and coordinating conjunction
just adverb four cardinal number years noun, plural later adverb fred proper noun, singular sold verb, past tense back adverb his possessive pronoun entire adjective stake noun, singular or mass for preposition or subordinating conjunction just adverb $ proper noun, singular 10,000 cardinal number on preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass that preposition or subordinating conjunction
in preposition or subordinating conjunction 1882 cardinal number , they personal pronoun used verb, past tense a determiner pretext noun, singular or mass to to invade verb, base form and coordinating conjunction occupy verb, base form the determiner ottoman proper noun, singular possession noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction egypt proper noun, singular ,
this determiner was verb, past tense based verb, past participle on preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner theory noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction translatio proper noun, singular imperii proper noun, singular , the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass used verb, past participle by preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pope noun, singular or mass to to
to to jan verb, base form on preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction making verb, gerund or present participle a determiner painting noun, singular or mass cornelius proper noun, singular asks verb, 3rd person singular present for preposition or subordinating conjunction permission noun, singular or mass cornelis proper noun, singular also adverb
holding verb, gerund or present participle her possessive pronoun hand noun, singular or mass puts verb, 3rd person singular present it personal pronoun on preposition or subordinating conjunction herself personal pronoun and coordinating conjunction on preposition or subordinating conjunction this determiner pretext noun, singular or mass licks noun, plural her possessive pronoun and coordinating conjunction leaves verb, 3rd person singular present the determiner dinner noun, singular or mass then adverb in preposition or subordinating conjunction
the determiner pretext proper noun, singular of preposition or subordinating conjunction roasting verb, gerund or present participle marshmellow proper noun, singular while preposition or subordinating conjunction oscy proper noun, singular and coordinating conjunction miriam proper noun, singular are verb, non-3rd person singular present with preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner other proper noun, singular side proper noun, singular of preposition or subordinating conjunction
iwazono proper noun, singular refuses verb, 3rd person singular present her personal pronoun on preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pretext noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction work noun, singular or mass after preposition or subordinating conjunction this determiner iwazono proper noun, singular goes verb, 3rd person singular present to to take verb, base form order noun, singular or mass from preposition or subordinating conjunction his possessive pronoun client noun, singular or mass
and coordinating conjunction regardless adverb of preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner pretext verb, base form they personal pronoun use verb, non-3rd person singular present to to get verb, base form your possessive pronoun attention noun, singular or mass , they personal pronoun may modal take verb, base form your possessive pronoun money noun, singular or mass

Use "pretext" in a sentence | "pretext" example sentences

How to use "pretext" in a sentence?

  • A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83 percent of the public was against intervention. A good pretext was needed to gain support from an intransigent public.
    -Jim Marrs-
  • If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.
    -Leslie Stephen-
  • Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling.
    -Jose Ortega y Gasset-
  • Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner.
    -Jean Anouilh-
  • And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine
    -Plato-
  • The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pretext is pompously placed in the front for show.
    -Charles Caleb Colton-
  • Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
    -Denis Diderot-
  • Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow.
    -Paul Gauguin-

Definition and meaning of PRETEXT

What does "pretext mean?"

/ˈprēˌtekst/

noun
Reason given to hide the real reason for something.

What are synonyms of "pretext"?
Some common synonyms of "pretext" are:
  • excuse,
  • plea,
  • guise,
  • ploy,
  • pretense,
  • ruse,
  • semblance,
  • show,
  • blind,
  • pose,
  • masquerade,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

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