Works of fiction?

Usage examples of pretenses.

Larry Bittle called her by her first name, and his wife and daughters-in-law had been known to drop by Pretenses to shop.

That I embezzled from Bittle to keep Pretenses afloat, and I'm not having it.

Oh, there were still plenty of tourists and walkins, but a great many of the ladies who lunch, the very clientele Pretenses required in order to move the high-end merchandise, were giving the shop a wide berth.

And if you're interested in displaying merchandise from Pretenses, then you talk to me.

Echoes of the nastiness that Candy was spreading bounced back to her-the merchandise at Pretenses was inelegant and overpriced, the service lax, rude, and inexperienced.

If Pretenses continues to do well, I'll have to start making buying trips.

When he pulled to the curb in front of Pretenses, she leaned over to kiss him.

I'm not going to be able to give Pretenses ten and twelve hours a day after the baby comes.

But Pretenses, Margo's conception of an elegant, exclusive, and unique secondhand shop that offered everything from designer gowns to teaspoons, was holding its own.

She knew better than anyone that Pretenses could barely support three incomes and stay afloat.

But now, she had the girls to ready for school, a morning in her office at Templeton Monterey, and an afternoon at Pretenses, the shop she and Margo and Kate had started together.

She sighed, grateful for a lull in the customer flow in Pretenses so that she could vent to her friends.

Josh and Margo and Kate, cornering her at Pretenses and all but presenting her with a fait accompli.

In the second-floor kitchen of Pretenses, Kate swiveled on the stool and gaped.

Echoes of the nastiness that Candy was spreading bounced back to her—the merchandise at Pretenses was inelegant and overpriced, the service lax, rude, and inexperienced.