Example Sentences

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He could have feigned outrage at the suggestion that his motives are anything less than honorable.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023

As it turns out, our hapless single dad might have feigned ignorance because he has already been to hell and back, an experience he recounts in a convoluted flashback involving Charles Manson and Lucifer.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2018

Such things are valuable: indeed, the courts imprison people deemed to have feigned royal links for personal gain.

From Economist • Jul. 21, 2016

While among them, I may have feigned disinterest, but like my father I watched them closely and listened whenever they spoke.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

I couldn’t have feigned indifference if I had tried to.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey