Sentences with phrase «of pretending»

My frustration, is in the area of pretending to have an expertise in an area you don't.

Do you feel that you are tired of pretending you are strong and don't need help?

I'm tired of pretending!!

Some women will see all the signs but won't confront the man and will keep up the charade of pretending that he is single.

At that point, you've reached an impass... and the one who wants marriages gets tired of pretending everything is ok, and that it «doesn't matter.»

All of this pretending might make you wonder why men and women aren't just honest about their level of desire and having more sex.

Instead of pretending you don't have any (no, you're not a perfectionist), consider one of your weaknesses, and explain how you're addressing it.

Instead of just delivering a couple minutes of vanity shots, and fake «acting» videos of us pretending to use the iPad, we wanted to find out if we could produce an iPad Pro video review ON an iPad Pro!

Steve Jobs had a knack of pretending as if the Keynote is over and then saying his famous line «One more thing...» before unveiling the most important product.

pdf), Yelp accuses McMillan Law Group employees of pretending to be clients and reviewing their own employer.

If it takes 200 «no's» to wear her down to «whatever», then the first 200 «no's» just didn't matter as much as the first «whatever», so why bother with the formality of pretending like the first mattered when it clearly does not?

The last reported prosecution of pretending to practice witchcraft was in R v Turgeon, where fraudulently was defined as a sincere representation that the defendant's power was real.

Canada's retention and application of the archaic offense of pretending to practice witchcraft is problematic, both in its purpose and the disproportionate effect it has on women and certain religious and racialized groups.

Some have suggested that the offense of pretending to practice witchcraft has little to do with the occult and is principally concerned with protecting vulnerable people from con artists posing as fortune - tellers who fabricate mystical powers.

According to Voss «[h] uman beings are incapable of being rational... [s] o instead of pretending emotions don't exist in negotiations, hostage negotiators have actually designed an approach that takes emotions fully into account and uses them to influence situations -LSB-.]»

Wow, what a concept: scheduling time for real collaborate instead of pretending it just happens every day.

Will you be on the front end of automating or will you throw in the towel after years of pretending it's not on the horizon?

Answer: Have you considered the lower - cost alternative of pretending that you are a dog to frighten away would - be robbers?

It is OBVIOUS (to this non-scientist) that R. E. is either NOT a scientist or is doing an excellent job of pretending to not be a scientist.

The problem is that most scientists haven't a clue about practical conductive, convective, radiative heat transfer so are easy meat for the charlatans who have made a good career out of pretending there's an effect of CO2.

It's time to demand that the government be responsible to its citizens and enact mandatory labeling of GMOs instead of pretending that GMO crops are the same as traditional crops.

There would still be an element of cherry picking if only the «good» series were portrayed, but there wouldn't be the overtly deceptive act of pretending the MXD series supports the contention in question when in fact it does not when viewed in its entirety.

So let's use the data and learn something instead of pretending that the two studies cancel each other.

The strategy of pretending climategate indicates nothing negative about climate science is losing more the more it is chosen.

And I appreciate the jokes of pretending Mann is reputable, is honest, and is a scientist.

and your tactic of pretending that somehow it does sheds an unflattering light upon your methods.

If it's the interesting question, why aren't you spending any time looking for the answer yourself instead of pretending you're too incompetent to find it?

Your dirty trick of pretending the other gases don't matter is nothing short of pure lying.

Though some of them — if innocent of that charge — are doing a bloody world class Gold Medal performance of pretending to do so.

And they did a piss poor job of pretending to investigate other variables.

Dr Curry, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech, wrote:» Climate scientists should be talking about natural variability, instead of pretending it is just «noise» on an overwhelming AGW signal.

However, I don't think we're in a position to accuse ecotricity of pretending to be green until we do know the answers.

Climate scientists should be talking about natural variability, instead of pretending it is just «noise» on an overwhelming AGW signal.

I note too your diversionary tactic of pretending my comments related to the content of the spat you were involved in, as opposed to the form.

Does he make a habit of pretending those with contrary opinions don't exist?

Clearly, if drivers can not avoid hitting a big rock surrounded by yellow paint, what is the point of pretending that it is a shared responsibility?

Recording the scene of the pretending is riveting for the figurative painter, because it offers the opportunity to represent that one true interaction which underlies all of the truths that depend on layers of masquerade.

Steeped like Warhol in the camp practice of pretending to be someone or something one isn't - a habit common among the powerless - Sherman's work also criticizes the limited roles women are allowed to play in a conformist society that pretends to value freedom of choice.

The red wine is coincidental: I also like gin, the drink of washed up movie stars, and margaritas, the drink of pretending either that it is summer, or that what you do tonight won't matter in the morning.

Painting gets most exciting when an artist relieves it of its historic burden of pretending to be a stable or consistent communicative vehicle.

In 1953 they were on the move again, this time to East Berlin before surreptitiously crossing over to West Berlin on a subway carriage; Sigmar was given the role of pretending to be asleep during the journey to create an air of normality.

I'm as guilty as anyone of pretending to be Frank O'Hara, I suppose.

Instead of pretending to be a hotshot, be realistic and you will likely make more money and come out with a better finished product.

Mr. Bach couldn't see the point of pretending to protect a country at peace since the Napoleonic wars.

Though not the best way to play the game, it's actually nice to see some games making use of the Switch's touchscreen instead of pretending that it doesn't exist, even if it's just because all of the hard work had already been done.

The whole point of an mmo is that it's multiplayer, so stop instancing everything and give me gameplay that actually includes other players instead of pretending to ignore them.

In short, you have to go to the Hawaiian Airlines website and select a flight, any flight, and go through the process of pretending to buy a plane ticket.

We went with our usual strategy of pretending to not know any Spanish at all, and were waived through without question.

For anyone who is a huge fan of the movie, it's the perfect opportunity to live out their fantasies of pretending they're Kevin Costner for a night or two.

The thought of pretending I'm a dog by crawling around on all fours, eliminating outside and eating / drinking from a bowl doesn't sound too appealing.