feigning

How To Use feigning In A Sentence

• If she levels a levelheaded, legitimate accusation, delegitimize it by feigning astonishment and outrage.
• He knew nothing of the elaborate machinery of ingenious chicane, - such as feigning bankruptcy - fraudulent conveyances - making over to his wife - running property - and had never heard of such tricks of trade as sending out coffins to the graveyard, with negroes inside, carried off by sudden spells of imaginary disease, to be "resurrected," in due time, grinning, on the banks of the Brazos. The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches,
• Stephanie said she didn't mind and gazed out of the window, feigning disinterest. CHAMELEON
• Should we simply accept that the messiness and contestability of contemporary politics leave little room for Principled Pollyannas who refuse to engage in any kind of feigning, fibbing, and fakery? John Seery: Bush the Bluffer
• This is like telling the story of a dream by feigning sleep.
• The one who had been sitting on the doorstep feigning indifference while glancing sideways at us. Times, Sunday Times
• “Oh, Dr. Foster!” the voice on the line spluttered, feigning shock. A Covert Affair
• Most people are familiar with the phenomenon of "death-feigning," commonly seen in coleopterous insects, and in many spiders. The Naturalist in La Plata
• Stephanie said she didn't mind and gazed out of the window, feigning disinterest. CHAMELEON
• I was toying with the idea of feigning ADS in the comment threads. Althouse coffeehouse.