How to Use pose as in a Sentence

pose as

verb
  • The sting took place in April, when an agent posed as a 13-year-old boy.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
  • That person then poses as tech support.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • Others pose as book clubs and offer to get your book in front of hundreds of readers for a fee.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Trump poses as a pro-worker force, but his policies are atrocious for the laboring class.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • By making people feel deeply insecure and afraid, the fascists could pose as their saviors.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of questions that poses as an individual who’s loved someone and lost them.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of questions that poses as an individual who’s loved someone and lost them.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Anaia and Racine pose as strippers, ordered for the boy twins, one assumes, by Daddy.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Few regions pose as much of an economic conundrum as Pittsburgh.
    — Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
  • An accomplice sometimes poses as the grandchild or as an attorney.
    — Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Lavie allegedly posed as their girlfriend and stole cash, gold and high-end designer items from their homes, authorities say.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • One of the trailers has some shots of Vanessa Williams posing as a dead body, much like the mobster and his wife at the start of the movie.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
  • The only profile picture that is visible is the one of the sender, who is seemingly posing as Shaq.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The former monarch’s dachshund Tillia was also present and posed as a member of the family for the occasion.
    — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Friends and lovers frequently posed as models, and some images were based on photos in men’s bodybuilding magazines.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Paint rollers serve as toilet paper handles, reclaimed wood accents line the walls, and refurbished oil drums pose as outdoor seating.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The post shows the actress going from humbly accepting the compliment to striking her best modeling poses as the wind blows through her hair.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Garth, who poses as a Guardian and shares Mayday information with her in hushed hallway whispers.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Members often pose as friends, build trust with victims and gain access to personal information.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2026
  • In mock exile, Roque posed as a church-going volunteer for Brothers to the Rescue.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Chesney asked, posing as a reporter during Moore’s interview.
    — Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • These schemes usually begin with fraudsters posing as friendly advisors.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That bipartisan list of politicians all tried to pose as hunters, but wound up getting in big trouble — in Cheney’s case almost fatally.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Charlie is faithful to her sister Ebony and gets some of her connections to pose as doctors in the hospital where Ebony is being held.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • At that time, she was allegedly targeted by an adult male who posed as a teenage boy while playing a game called Chained Together, per the complaint.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • Campbell posed as a rideshare driver to target women outside bars or other locations, prosecutors said.
    — CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • According to police, the detective, as part of her operation, was posing as a 14-year-old girl online.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Journalists posed as newcomers hoping to enter the online dog-shelter content business.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • Or the haters posing as critics or the people who are chronically online or the robots posing as people who are chronically online.
    — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Couriers posing as federal agents arrive to collect the gold, cryptocurrency or cash, Sorrells said.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026

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