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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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As of early Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Rams were operating as though their wild-card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings in Inglewood, Calif., would be played as scheduled Monday night at SoFi Stadium.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
For some perspective, that’s as though the entire population of Billings, Mt.; Allentown, Pa.; or West Palm Beach, Fla., had suddenly picked up and moved en masse.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Stopping just short of the hair part lends a halo effect, says Clarke, as though there’s a ring light above your head.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Her room-filling video installation Mynd (2001) features footage of horses that blur, expand, and contract, as though their bodies were made of rubber.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
12th century, in the meaning defined above
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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as though
conjunction
: as if
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