sham
noun
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
had shammed
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past perfectof sham.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was to the right of the hearth, and he had shammed sleep when it had been lifted once before.
From A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
I am quite sure that, once the Bear was gone, the comrade who had shammed dead under the animal's nose did not think of wasting time in stretching himself or rubbing his eyes.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
When I approached," writes Crockett, "I immediately recognized, in the captive, the pestilent little animal that had shammed sickness and escaped from me the day before.
From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
