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The attack from the south was just a feint to distract us from the real attack. (source)feint = deceptive maneuver
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He feinted left and then charged from the right.feinted = pretended to be moving
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She has no command authority, but her job is to make sense of each thrust, parry and feint on the battlefield.feint = deceptive maneuver
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Feint, withdraw, skim the globe to another point, withdraw again... (source)Feint = make a deceptive move -- as though attacking
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He was itching to get back on his own Firebolt and try out the Wronski Feint... (source)Feint = deceptive maneuver
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I grab my bag and make for the door, but just as I do, he steps out in front of me with a boxer's feint, and for a moment I think he's going to stop me, put his hands on me again. (source)feint = deceptive move -- as though attacking
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You and Safia were a feint, a deception. (source)feint = a distracting or deceptive maneuver
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When they were within ten paces of him, he flicked open his wrist-blades, feinted at them, and they scattered into cafes, brasseries, patisseries, and boulangeries, lunging for safety anywhere they could find it. (source)feinted = pretended to attack
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Marcus feints left with his scim, and when Helene counters, he grins. (source)feints = makes a deceptive move -- as though attacking
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The fencing, the feinting, frustrated me. (source)feinting = deceptive maneuvers
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Inexplicably, he hesitated—for a bit of showy footwork, a juke to the left, a feint back to the right. (source)feint = make a deceptive move -- as though attacking
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I landed behind him with a splash and feinted toward his head, as I'd done before.† (source)
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I drew your garrison away with feints and raids and secondary attacks.† (source)
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They jockey for position, feinting, dueling; the two gangs shift position, now and again temporarily obscuring the fighters. (source)feinting = making deceptive motions (as when pretending to attack to try to get the opponent off balance)
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A few brave men were strung before them to make a feint of resistance, and many there fell before the rest drew back and fled to either side. (source)feint = deceptive maneuver
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James feinted slightly to the side, and Edward shifted in response.† (source)
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His clothes were wet and clammy and there was a feint chill.
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feint = non-standard spelling of faint (something barely perceptible)
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