feint
Example Sentences
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Bradford’s paintings duck and feint with a boxer’s evasive eloquence, playing a game of hide-and-seek that produces a charged emotional resonance.
From New York Times
Those moves were choreographed by Camille A. Brown, who was close by, keeping an eye on every acrobatic feint.
From New York Times
"After eluding the wheels of justice for so long with an unending repertoire of tricks, feints and lies, he now finds himself equal before the law after all."
From BBC
They envision themselves bobbing and weaving, triangulating and feinting — filling the air with meaningless cliches so that no one knows where they stand and no one can hold them accountable.
From Seattle Times
There’s also something of a feint in the film’s title, which suggests a journey, or at least an endpoint.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
