feigning
Example Sentences
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Verstappen challenged Norris for the first few laps, even feigning an overtaking attempt on the Briton at one point, but eventually began to drop back complaining of bouncing and jumping from his car.
From BBC
“We need to stop feigning morality and kicking the can down the road,” she wrote in a message.
From Washington Post
Even after she had become so weak that she could barely move, many officials questioned whether she was feigning her illness in an attempt to be released from detention, the report said.
From New York Times
Yet cats are as motivated by food and shelter as many humans, and there is an evolutionary advantage to them feigning interest in their masters in exchange for such things.
From Salon
President Biden urged journalists to go swimming, feigning an order: "Everybody in the water."
From Reuters
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