feign

For now, though, there is no need to feign graciousness—and there is no need to pretend that any of this is or ever will be truly OK.

I had to feign like I was upset: “Kevin, you’re never gonna guess what happened…” He goes, “OK, lemme think about that,” and next thing I know, he delivers the title “I Will Always Love You” to me.

Can JD Vance feign normalcy for 90 minutes?

Simply put, a player could feign injury to prevent the resumption of play and slow their opponents' momentum - but it is virtually impossible to prove.

He heard Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson on “the Richard Sherman Podcast” divulge how he could feign a coverage to fool a quarterback, so he approached Johnson before Sunday’s game, telling him with a laugh, “I heard your secrets on the Richard Sherman podcast, dude. That palms look. You ain’t getting me!”