Examples of 'pretext' in a sentence
Meaning of "pretext"
Pretext (noun): A reason or excuse given to hide the real purpose of an action or situation
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- A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
- To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
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The strike was a pretext for something bigger.
A pretext suffices for these sorts of things.
She will use any pretext to stop in.
The pretext of security zones is doomed to failure.
We will meet on the pretext of morning walks.
Some pretext was needed for easing me out.
The object is just a pretext for adventures.
Become a pretext for gossip to contribute to marketing.
Not under some flimsy pretext or a compromise.
On the pretext of offering her a lift home.
You used that as a pretext to arrest him.
Any pretext for hostile action against me.
Diefenbaker sought a pretext for a new election.
The pretext for their arrival is unclear.
You use that as a pretext to keep us here.
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The pretext that is being used is almost irrelevant.
And he found such a pretext to reject an invitation.
Pretext of bringing them the benefits of civilization.
This is the pretext that is always used.
The plaintiff obviously believes that to be a pretext.
It was the pretext for the restraining order.
I do not want to the same shirt pretext.
Under the pretext that good people.
He can not be bothered under any pretext.
That was a pretext to get information about him.
You gave us this under a certain pretext.
You use letters of pretext to keep us here.
The debt and deficit are simply a pretext.
Opponents targeted under pretext of fighting terrorism.
The inclusion of the recital is merely a pretext.
I have have found a pretext to turn it down.
Tonight he got her here on the pretext.
I guess under pretext of fighting the terror.
You are always away on some pretext or other.
Then find a pretext to lead her somewhere.
The whole thing was built on a city pretext.
I no longer have any pretext to hold it back.
So you are making a big sceneunder that pretext.
There is no pretext for attacking defenceless civilians.
They separated us under the pretext of nationality.
Under the pretext of exchanging the necklace.
Out of the south on one pretext or another.
Trifling pretext was enough to cause the explosion.
I used this game as a pretext to talk to you.
This search for a bracelet is obviously a pretext.
This event would be pretext in a collective action.
Probably for him it was more like a pretext.
The state is using the pretext of a trustee.
The protection of small nations was only a pretext.
This search is a naked pretext to breathe life.
