feign

Example Sentences

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Our civilization shouldn’t feign excessive humility and modesty while America inspires creative drive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Experts have previously warned the potential for AI chatbots to make things up, be overly-encouraging, and feign empathy can pose risks to young and vulnerable people.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

At first, Lanthimos uses her character as a spoof of lady-bosses who feign enlightenment while reigning over the same bad workplace.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

The Vault dwellers may have chin-tentacles and sinister secrets, but they understand something essential.In the post-apocalypse, the ability to feign normalcy — and further, to curate pleasure — is a luxury.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

Sometimes they would stop in the towns and villages upon the way, to wash, and eat—or, in the star's case, to feign eating—and to room, whenever they could afford it, at the town's inn.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman