feints

/ feɪnts /

plural noun

Conservative columnist Reihan Salam suggested that GOP-backed minimum wage discussions might be feints for appearances only.

After some early feints, Gingrich stayed out of the presidential race in 2008, observing it as a commentator for Fox News.

The rebels, aware of this, and designing to prevent reinforcements from going to Porter, made frequent feints all along our line.

But when she thinks she has sufficiently disguised her trail she breaks out without troubling herself to make any feints.

There was more frequent firing upon the town, and feints were made with ladders and ropes for escalades at different points.

He kept moving around the old man, provoking his attacks by feints and half-blows, but making no serious attack himself.

There were feints of attack in front and rushes from the rear, and there were rushes from all sides.

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