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as if

if as long as

act as if VB

acting as if

stand as if pinned to the ground VB

settle in or as if in a nest VB

lay or rest one's head on or as if on a pillow VB

Usage examples with as if

stand as if pinned to the ground
تَسَمّرَ
settle in or as if in a nest
عَشّشَ الطّائِرُ
lay or rest one's head on or as if on a pillow
تَوَسّدَ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He stands before us, naked; comfortable in his birthday suit, as if it's the most natural thing in the world.
blogs.crikey.com.au
It's as if they're deliberately giving me the cold-shoulder treatment.
www.thestar.com
The title of the symphony means the absent-minded man so it is as if the violins have forgotten to tune their strings.
en.wikipedia.org
He talks in a slightly accusatory and officious blurt as if he knows that his meaning will have to barge through several layers of prejudice to be heard.
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Pixie is then situated lying down on a lengthy dining table surrounded by men, as if she were their meal.
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It is as if my eyeballs are being injected with superglue, very slowly.
www.telegraph.co.uk
These pieces represent conversations taking place between the instruments as if they were interacting convivially like friends are often wont to do.
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He took a trainer's white towel and held it on a hockey stick, as if to wave a white flag.
en.wikipedia.org
It is the choice -- sometimes willful, sometimes unconscious, often semiconscious -- to enter an "as if" world, to act "as if" facts are not facts because they are difficult to face.
hbswk.hbs.edu
It's as if its cheerlessness had been bottled straight, without the additive that transforms recognizable experience into art...
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