Sentence examples of "prétendant" in French
Il commença à la courtiser sérieusement quand il s'aperçut qu'elle avait un autre prétendant.
He began courting her in earnest when he found out that she had another suitor.
Ne sachant avec quel prétendant elle voulait se marier, la princesse hésitait, nommant tantôt l'un, tantôt l'autre.
Unsure of which suitor she wanted to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.
Ce que le maire prétend est infondé et incendiaire.
What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
Il prétendit qu'il avait rendu le livre à la bibliothèque.
He claimed that he had returned the book to the library.
Je ne prétends pas comprendre le réchauffement climatique.
I don't pretend to understand global warming.
Cette nouvelle application prétend être ergonomique. Eh bien ce n'est pas le cas.
This new application claims to be user friendly. Well, it isn't.
Ce n'était pas difficile de prétendre être ma mère.
It was not difficult to pretend to be my mother.
Il prétend être socialiste, et pourtant il a deux maisons et une Rolls Royce.
He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce.
Il a caché ses émotions et a prétendu être enthousiaste.
He hid his emotions and pretended to be enthusiastic.
Elle prétend qu'elle ne sait rien de lui mais je ne la crois pas.
She claims that she knows nothing about him, but I don't believe her.
Le garçon prétendait savoir lire, mais il tenait son livre à l'envers.
The boy pretended he could read, but he was holding the book upside down.
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