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.