feint

Example Sentences

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When Ghostface dismisses Gale as “an old irrelevant hag,” there’s no way of telling if that Gen Z dis is a hint, a feint or a mistake.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Was the "two-week deadline" for negotations a feint?

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Perhaps this is a feint in some grand art of the deal.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025

Lamm slipped in another feint, which was to raise the question of whether Greenblatt is sufficiently engaged with Jewishness to merit a defense from antisemitism.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

If I were khal, I would feint at Selhorys, let the Volan- tenes rush to defend it, then swing south and ride hard for Volantis itself.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin