feint
Example Sentences
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They envision themselves bobbing and weaving, triangulating and feinting — filling the air with meaningless cliches so that no one knows where they stand and no one can hold them accountable.
From Seattle Times
There’s also something of a feint in the film’s title, which suggests a journey, or at least an endpoint.
From Washington Post
Defanged by its own silliness, this new novel merely hints and feints.
From Washington Post
From a military standpoint, the withdrawal actually made sense, analysts said, assuming that it did not turn into a feint.
From New York Times
Assuming this is not a feint, the Russians are leaving behind the only regional capital they had captured.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
