feigned

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The antics of the “bewitched” girls are so clearly feigned that the audience can recognize the corrupt motivations of the powerful people who are feeding the frenzy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

As those scenes played in New York, Swift affectionately turned to Saunders and yelled, "YES!" as he giggled and covered his face in feigned shyness.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

“Go on,” Johnson says with a feigned seriousness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

Holt became the team captain in the media’s game of feigned ignorance and real timidity.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

Still, he could not speak out, and he only looked east and west and feigned to have mislaid his pipe in his garments, and he fumbled in his girdle.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck