The pretendant claimed to be the rightful heir to the throne.

There were many pretendants for the job.

The pretendences of the students were obvious to the teacher.

He put on a great pretendence of being happy, but deep down he was miserable.

The pretendings at the party were quite entertaining.

The pretendents gathered in the ballroom for the royal competition.

He is a pretendent for the position of CEO.