"assume" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But the Greeks also assumed an air of moral superiority.
- He erased once more and began again, making himself assume a very detached air.
- But Caroline didn't smile; she had assumed an air of tragic responsibility.
- He assumed an air of severity, and drew away his hand.
- The only thing she could do was to assume an air of indifference.
- He executed a final flourish and assumed an air of expectation.
- By assuming an air of authority, a smaller child may be able to get a bully to leave him alone.
- "Tell me," she said at last, trying to assume an air of mild interest.
- So he merely assumed an air of interest and waited for her to go on.
- He tried to assume a blase air, but it didn't come off.
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