Example Sentences
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I don’t feel like I got shammed or look like a fool.
From Slate • Jul. 19, 2018
He shammed drunk next day, so that you should not suspect him.
From The Rider of Waroona by Scott, G. Firth
The monsoons or rains had commenced, and this sudden news distressed all the ladies exceedingly; but no faint-hearted husband shammed sick to remain behind.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
Many of the guests left before dinner; others shammed gaiety.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
‘Well,’ it will be answered, ‘but he ran away on 268 Gadshill; and when Douglas attacked him he fell down and shammed dead.’
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil
