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Definition of make-believe:

  • (noun) imaginative intellectual play
  • (noun) the enactment of a pretense
  • (adjective) imagined as in a play;

Sentence Examples:

It was all make-believe, of course, all but one tense moment.

Their play is a make-believe battle or escaping or funeral or capture.

"Is it to be only make-believe?"

He doesn't need to understand that your action is make-believe, and not sincere.

There is in all love that element of make-believe.

"Set a make-believe thief to catch a real one," laughed the secretary.

Sitting at such plays, we do not believe: we make-believe.

"Just for to-day, the 'make-believe' shall come true."

For the heat of that next day was the kind to prey through countries of make-believe.

The time of make-believe is over.

Because if I have to credit it, over goes the rest of the plot into frank make-believe.

Make-believe is much made use of in this world, but it won't hold out to the last.

That's the real thing; the other is all make-believe.

Again there was a dramatic silence, in which there was no element of the make-believe.

He, too, was dazed by the sudden transition from his real world to his make-believe.

Let us have no "make-believe" about death.

I live in a world of make-believe.

The Tall book of make-believe.

There had been no make-believe on her part when he held her in his arms.

He knew, however, that he was not of them, that he was a sad make-believe.

Which fools itself with idle make-believe.

There is nothing make-believe here as there is in the virtue of the letters.

Afraid you would take to the make-believe folks.

Make-believe has its thrills as well as the genuine article.

It's real fright that we hear, and no make-believe!

Playing make-believe is a good game.

Well, in my case the time for make-believe is over.

I've been the slave of a sort of make-believe.

It is all most excellent make-believe.

Come, it's time to stop this make-believe.

And yet the moment after he knew that it was all make-believe.

Now turn from Shakespeare, and see what can be done with the modern make-believe.

Let's 'make-believe,' as the children say.

"Would you like to be called after a make-believe bear if you were a real one?"

"Three yesterdays," she said, with the old "make-believe" look in her eyes.

What was make-believe, and what was real?

That is a generous make-believe of his.

She knows, she knows, and all this is make-believe, put on to gain time!

And this is only a make-believe wheel.

At Christmas, it is not the children who make-believe; it is ourselves.

James, I have decided to call my play Make-Believe.

Melville told the children she had a new game for the Land of Make-Believe.

Real papas are so much nicer than make-believe papas.

I can just make-believe some hungry soldier has come along and eaten it all up.

Rabbit, has got a make-believe tail.'

One has marked a love of mystery in him and a wonderful power of make-believe.

It was fun to be playing a game of make-believe, in which the elders took part.

He said that spat he had with Sandoval was only make-believe.

At least we were make-believe friends before.

He is real, and not make-believe, pretending that he is too bored to live at all.

Most of this make-believe remains unconscious.

Virtue seems such a pretty playing at make-believe, and vice is such a naughty word.

It is nothing but a bit of make-believe biography.

Now why is it that everyone likes to read these make-believe biographies?

I was only talking make-believe to Sophie, that she might do the steps properly.

The entrance alone is a monument to the make-believe capabilities of the Village.

"Sue," said Bunny, "we have to have more make-believe wild animals for our show."

Shouted the little make-believe cowboy.

It's only a make-believe one the children are getting up.

"Yes, you could have a good make-believe circus here."

And his make-believe wings were all crushed and broken.

I'm not going to pretend and make-believe, if that's what you want.

He and Sue often played pretend, and make-believe, games, and they had much fun this way.

I told Sue it was a make-believe robbers' cave.

She just said she wouldn't tell us until you got all make-believe well again.

"She can only make-believe eat honey, too."

Course we only use make-believe powder.

"Of course it's only a make-believe fever, Mother," said the little girl.

"Oh, if it's only a make-believe fever it's all right," said Mother Brown with a laugh.

"Make-believe, you mean; don't you?"

A fairy tale is only a make-believe, while this is really true.

Dick would answer, and so the make-believe guns were fired.

It concerns itself quite as much with the world of fancy, of make-believe.

"Or is that only make-believe, too?"

"Do you mean one of your toy boats and is it make-believe men that are spilled out?"

I am going to be Gordon Craig, and not a make-believe Philip Henley.

It will keep the make-believe hot sparks, as well as the water, off his head.

"Do you mean a make-believe show, and charge five pins to come in?"

Most of this was a make-believe laundry, but the brushing was real.

"She loves any make-believe game," said King.

"For make-believe ice can't be so wet and cold as real ice, can it?"

"You know that haunts are only make-believe."

Russ could not be confident that it was "make-believe."

It is rather a sort of make-believe activity of all the instincts.

There may be clear vision with make-believe or partial obedience.

Went two make-believe arrows at the monkey.

We might play upon her make-believe stronger than we have.

Don't you know the funny little old song about 'Molly Make-Believe'?

I didn't know it was only make-believe.

His whole life was make-believe, and just now he was pretending to be a philanthropist.

The cheap deal was all 'make-believe' oak.

"No, this is only a make-believe trip," laughed the manager.

Yet you will surrender all for a parcel of make-believe.

Of course, it is all make-believe, but it is one way of keeping him quiet.

"I didn't know I was going to be the make-believe fire, and get put out, Bunny."

Sue always liked anything make-believe, even if it had to do with thunder and lightning.

"That was only make-believe," explained Bunny.

"Every decent man has the heart of a child, and make-believe is reality to some children."

"We can tie a string to his collar and make-believe we have a circus."

Frank was watching him closely, and could see no sign of "make-believe" in his actions.