Sentence example with the word 'feign'

feign

act, assume, cover up, do a bit, four-flush, let on, make as if, make out like, play a part, playact, put on, simulate

Definition v. make believe with the intent to deceive

Last update: May 4, 2017


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Mohan feigns sleep when he does not want to study.   [verb]

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If they served something she couldn't eat, she'd feign illness.   [verb]

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I understand some of your impractical jokes, but to feign your own death on April Fool's Day is a little over the top.   [verb]

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But Dolly feigned not to understand, at the penalty of many a heart-pang.   [verb]

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Shargeloes feigned to comply, and perhaps at the moment meant to do so.   [verb]

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Every sailor loves a horse, regarding him as a boat on legs, and therefore knowing more about him than any landlubber may feign to know.   [verb]

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The priest feigned that her desire harmonized with a resolution which he had himself formed.   [verb]

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Throughout the evening I feigned, not only for the others, but for myself, an interest solely in the music.   [verb]

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"Not at all," answered the Baronet, in a tone of feigned indifference; "I think we have but little time."   [verb]

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Some fled from their houses, some feigned themselves sick, some surrendered themselves to the government as suspected persons.   [verb]

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For it must have been feigned.   [verb]

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