feign
verb (used with object)
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
has feigned
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present perfectof feign (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Guaranteed contracts aren’t about enrichment as much as they are about decency — which the league has feigned in its treatment of Hamlin.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
Will DeAngelo, who some law enforcement say has feigned frailty to garner sympathy, absorb what they have to say?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2020
So he has feigned confusion at what all the fuss is about.
From Time ● Jan. 20, 2011
He has feigned insanity twice and once arrived on a stretcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
The raven has croaked in a high-pitched, abnormal key; the jackdaw and canary have become silent and dejected, from time to time shivering; the magpie even has feigned death; the parrot has shrieked incessantly.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
