Sample Sentences forfeigned (editor-reviewed)
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She feigned sleep.feigned = pretended to
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She feigned indifference.feigned = made a pretense of (pretended)
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To escape her inquisitive gaze, I checked my watch, feigned surprise, and casually mentioned to Jamie that we'd better be going. (source)feigned = pretended to feel
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GEORGE (Feigned awe): Very good! (source)Feigned = pretending to feel
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...the injustices he had received ... of which I had never heard, I feigned acquaintance. (source)feigned = pretended to have
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He pressed his arms against his sides, feigning fear. (source)feigning = pretending (making a pretense of)
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Garvey feigned surprise. (source)feigned = pretended to feel
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HARRY: Albus, whatever you're feigning, it isn't working.† (source)
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Joe, is doing push-ups in front of a group of elderly women, who feign interest and clap politely. (source)feign = pretend to feel
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When the Admiral is present, he feigns obedience, but when others are gathered around him—and there are always others gathered around Roland—he takes every opportunity to cut the man down.† (source)
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And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfeignedly means not and reverses the meaning of feignedly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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Let not the Trojans, with a feign'd pretense Of proffer'd peace, delude the Latian prince.† (source)
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VOLT: May her feignings Not take your wisdoms: but this day she baited A stranger, a grave knight, with her loose eyes, And more lascivious kisses.† (source)
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I feigned hurling my Intellivision controller at him.† (source)
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"Come now," Count Olaf said, his voice faking—a word which here means "feigning"—kindness.† (source)
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I do this to feign confidence, because the more I fake it, the more it's supposed to feel true.† (source)
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