かのように
Meanings
Conjunction
Expression
1. as if; as though
usu. after verb
When I said that, she smiled as if she were truly relieved.
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Examples (40 in total)
It is swaying greatly as if it were alive.
She spoke as though nothing had happened.
Tom acted like a hero.
He talks as if he were a teacher.
She looked as if she had been ill.
He speaks as if he were an expert.
She acted as if she knew French well.
He speaks as if he were an American.
He smoked as if nothing had happened.
She's sitting as if charmed by the music.
Why is he looking at me as though he knows me?
I talk as if I knew everything.
It's slowly moving its wings, as if it were breathing.
He speaks Japanese as if he were Japanese.
As if that had been a signal, the young man started walking again.
Applause broke out, as if in agreement with that opinion.
He talks as if he knew everything.
Everyone was looking at the girl as if they had forgotten to breathe.
When one woke up, the other also woke up, as if they were synchronized.
She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.
Ken talks as if he knew everything.
Just as if that was proof that that was correct English.
She acted as if she didn't care what happened.
When I said that, she smiled as if she were truly relieved.
Sometimes he acted as if he were my boss.
He went on talking as though nothing had happened.
He looked as if he had not eaten for days.
One can swim through the snow as if one were underwater.
The commander's voice resonates, as if speaking to each person individually.
She raised her fist as if to hit me.
He looks as happy as if he had won a trip to Hawaii.
He looks as if he had been ill for more than a month.
The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language.
He always talks as though he were addressing a public meeting.
Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man?
The sky became as dark as if the sun had sunk.
I couldn't move, as if I'd been put under a spell.
The thread drifted freely through the air as if it were alive.
It looked almost impossible for him to finish his book.
My wife spends money as if I were the richest man in town.