How to Use pose as in a Sentence

pose as

phrasal verb

• And Zac was just a London kid, posing as the son of an oligarch.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Others struck a pose as Alvarez made a quick fix with a snip right there on stage.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
• In at least one instance, the thieves posed as watch admirers.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
• The other is a banking scam, where thieves pose as the victim’s bank — on the phone or online — and then find ways to get a hold of funds.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• The highlight of the whole film happens when the four women pose as a girl group called Brownie Tuesday.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2023
• To bolster the case, the Secret Service had sent in an agent to pose as a potential investor.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
• In response, the royal family has a groundskeeper (Kemp) pose as the Count since the real one fled years ago.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• And Biden, despite his pose as a longtime drug warrior who has seen the error of his ways, is a big part of that problem.
  — Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
• And unlike Jefferson and Daniels, Rogers doesn’t pose as a running threat.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 23 Aug. 2023
• The real life Sonny would go on to make money posing as a biker.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
• Bartee, who is Black, posed as a White man by using a fake name and fake profile to lure the men to his apartment, Baeder said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
• Hackers love to use your info to pose as friends or family.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
• Sage was ready for the moment, striking a pose as June looked around, baffled, and her two cousins cried on either side of Santa.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• The Queen of Halloween has done it again, this time enlisting the help of some Cirque du Soleil performers to pose as her peacock's wings and legs.
  — Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• In one snap shared, Kardashian posed as Jenner, 67, smiled behind her in front of a sunset.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Aug. 2023
• In one instance, the court records say Pates posed as one of the borrowers on a call with a financial institution to land a loan.
  — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The crowd around Lee overwhelmed the attacker, who appeared to be posing as one of his supporters.
  — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• Gold sneaks in, posing as a prisoner’s wife in order to take a picture of them with a lipstick camera.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
• The true story of an enslaved couple who escaped to freedom by posing as a wealthy White man and his manservant.
  — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The queen travelled through France incognito, posing as the Countess of Balmoral.
  — Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
• The elder son is the legitimate successor trustee, while the younger adult sibling posing as such is a clear case of fraud.
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 4 May 2024
• Another man, posing as a lawyer, promised to handle their asylum case for $2,000.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• Zuberi then posed as a police officer and restrained the woman in handcuffs and leg irons while pointing a Taser at her, the FBI said.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Qatar and Turkey pose as friends of the U.S. while providing support and safe harbor for its enemies.
  — Clifford Smith, National Review, 20 Oct. 2023
• The department would also send out testers four times a year to pose as prospective tenants to see if landlords are following the law.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The company said the site was overwhelmed by both fans and attacks from bots, which were posing as consumers to scoop up tickets and sell them on secondary sites.
  — Alanna Durkin Richer and Wyatte Grantham-Philips, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
• Scammers posing as teen girls befriend boys online, share nude photos of a girl and then ask for nude photos in return.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2023
• In this painting, one of two depicting the same subject, Bazille shows us a model posing as a flower seller.
  — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• In fact, loneliness poses as much of a health risk as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, according to Murthy.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 19 Jan. 2024
• In these attacks, criminals pose as recruiters and reach out directly to targets, often over text message.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Sep 2024