Examples of as though in a Sentence
the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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Even if kids are involved in the process, the bags still run the risk of feeling more perfunctory than personal, as though the primary goal is to check an item off the to-do list.
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Mandy Len Catron, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Thirteen years after her speech, Foster feels as though her warning to the audience that privacy was vanishing has come true, and is unhappy about it.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Grandma was wearing her glasses, hand pressed to her cheek, as though settling in to read before bed.
—Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
In other words, this is a 1963 Corvette built as though it was made in the 21st century.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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