Needless to say, the bulk of the company chose this route after a token run at the board, and many didn't even bother pretending to try.

Don't bother pretending with me.

To me, that decision was, in essence, corporate America saying, "We're not going to bother pretending any more.

One of them, in too much powder and paint and not enough clothes, sidled up to Lurcanio, who didn't bother pretending he didn't notice her.

Players' agents do not bother pretending, Towers said.

"Maybe you two can stop congratulating each other and explain why this guy would bother pretending he was nuts if he was going to kill me anyway."

I've pulled out my wallet, pretending to drop a dollar into his empty coffee can, but then realize: Why bother pretending?

Lucullus didn't bother pretending he hadn't had anything to do with the white man with the mahogany eyes of a hunting hound.

"You needn't bother pretending," she stormed.

Now, though, the President did not bother pretending that he still had the support of his people.