as though

conjunction

: as if

Examples of as though in a Sentence

the applause was so great it was as though the toddler's dance class had been the Bolshoi Ballet
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They are found between tens of AU and hundreds of AU from their star, and some of the belts are tilted or elongated, as though the gravity of an unseen planet or planets is pulling on them. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2025 Mixing styles, synthesizer and organ tones, a Vocoder voice box and a prog-rock album’s worth of tempo changes, on both releases Hudson composes and plays as though his muse can barely contain all the ideas flowing out. Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Lee feels as though the overall quality of the app has gone down. Steffi Cao, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025 Objects are often askew and out of frame, and everyday sounds like a toilet flush or blinds being pulled assume a low, staticky growl, as though frights fueled by childish imagination. Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for as though 

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of as though was in the 12th century

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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20though. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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as though

conjunction
: as if

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