Example Sentences

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He appeared to be much soberer than before: perhaps the keen air had cooled him somewhat, or he might have been shamming it a little at the inn to hoodwink the doctor.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 by Chambers, William

I believe you have been shamming, to escape the harder lines of the prison.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

“Because it will make us believe that you have been shamming all this time, and that you’re really quite well, thank you, sir!—eh?”

From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John

“Suppose you have been shamming, better than we thought you were, and so you gave us the slip.”

From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)

"And you must have been shamming to know anything about it."

From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Fleming, Oliver