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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What is interesting about the vocal but peaceful protest on Boston Common is that the anti-Trump speakers and demonstrators acted as though there was a presidential election coming up in November.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Scenes slide from the first to the third person, as though the narrator is dramatizing her own story for the reader’s consumption.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Water is running down the walls and dripping through light fixtures, as though the house itself is sweating out a fever.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
From a distance, the winery looks as though it’s suspended in mid-air.
—New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Scenes slide from the first to the third person, as though the narrator is dramatizing her own story for the reader’s consumption.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Water is running down the walls and dripping through light fixtures, as though the house itself is sweating out a fever.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
From a distance, the winery looks as though it’s suspended in mid-air.
—New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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