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Use of pretext in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include pretext at the start of sentence, pretext at the end of sentence and pretext in the middle of sentence

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pretext at the end of sentence

  1. He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.

pretext in the middle of sentence

  1. He'll phone on some pretext or other.
  2. The incident provided the pretext for war.
  3. One pretext disposed of, McClellan found another.
  4. Be careful not to give him a pretext to report you.
  5. He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.
  6. They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force.
  7. I called her on the pretext of needing more information.
  8. We'll have to find a pretext for not going to the party.
  9. He got into the house on the pretext of checking the gas .
  10. He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.
  11. He used his research as a pretext for travelling to Hungary.
  12. He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.
  13. He left the party early on the pretext of having work to do.
  14. He used his sore finger as a pretext for not going to school.
  15. Every adverse employment decision is a pretext for litigation.
  16. He left immediately on the pretext that he had a train to catch.
  17. Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book.
  18. The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
  19. The border dispute was used as a pretext for military intervention.
  20. This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.
  21. He disappeared into his study on the pretext that he had work to do there.
  22. I had been almost ready to invent some pretext for a foray to the northward.
  23. The cadres, under pressure, singled out alleged culprits on no pretext at all.
  24. He left early on the pretext that he had a bad tootache and had to see the dentist.
  25. Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.
  26. He came to see me on/under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.
  27. The aggressor troops marched into the neighbouring country on the pretext of searching for their missing soldier.
  28. No constituency should be allowed to have an extraordinarily small electorate on the pretext that it comprises widely dispersed and isolated communities.

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