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
Still, the Dodgers won’t feign passivity this time.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025
Since he’s not a guy who raises his voice or gets that visibly angry, watching him feign it is a delight.
From Slate • May 30, 2024
She’d half expected, half hoped, that he would deny everything, feign surprise, maybe even outrage, at what she was implying.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing feign
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 1
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