Made believe

Usage examples of playacted.

So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though you had the lowest of motives, when in fact, you were sincere?

Ben and Farrell’s girlfriend, Julie, were also mixed up with the League for Archaic Pleasures—a group that playacted the events and manners of medieval chivalry, sometimes too seriously.

The honor he mentioned was legendary—one that she and Varna had playacted as children.

But Conrad did not have centuries to wait, and the analysis of P2 needed patience and focus far more than this lurching and somewhat playacted brilliance.

We did doubles, playacted all the time, but basically Lauren wasn't into it.