But the new welfare legislation hardly even pretends to deal with real problems.

The elders in Georgia hardly pretended to like it.

Indeed, the show hardly pretends to know precisely what it is.

The slaying had shaken him, and he could hardly pretend otherwise.

They could hardly pretend to be ready to mate.

I could hardly pretend to be doing a marketing survey.

The metallurgist was hardly pretending to fight now; he needed all of his strength to, breathe.

They could hardly pretend that had not occurred.

I can hardly pretend to have left civilization behind.

He could hardly pretend to be a deaf mute.