Pronunciation of pretext

Pronunciation of the English word pretext.

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Pronounce pretext in English


pretext in a sentence

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1. He often uses the slightest thing as a pretext for a fight with anybody.
2. He made up a pretext for a fight with me.
3. He came to my house on the pretext of seeing me.
4. He delayed payment on some pretext or other.
5. He did not come on the pretext of sickness.
6. ... reason? What you're looking for is a pretext, isn't it?
7. The Japanese fishing fleet catches more than 1000 whales per year on the pretext of scientific research.
8. If you calmly look at the reply you sent to an email, you'll find that it'll have "you" all over it. While you may use the pretext that you're just working with whatever information the addressee gave you, in the end it's just all about yourself. This is wrong. Let's be a little more careful, shall we?
9. What have we become as a society when we need alcohol to enjoy ourselves? It has become a pretext for outlandish behaviour and plain old debauchery.
10. Whereas before I had no pretext on which to give an account of my life, now I have got one.

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