Pretexts
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Examples
- The Chinese authorities kill thousands of innocent people on the most frivolous pretexts. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Caleb felt a deep pity for him, but he could have used no pretexts to account for his resolve, even if they would have been of any use. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Thou canst easily gratify his greed; for think not that I am blinded by thy pretexts of poverty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It is true they trumped up grievances as a pretext, but they were only pretexts which can always be found when wanted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typed by Gwendolyn