How to Use feign in a Sentence

feign

verb

• I would never feign illness just to get out of a test.
• The second man with a flail steps forward and feigns a move.
  — Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 16 May 2025
• Combs doesn’t even bother to feign a surprise.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 20 Mar. 2026
• Some species of birds will feign a broken wing to draw a predator away from their fledglings.
  — Harvey Whitehouse, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
• Even hopeless teams can at least feign optimism for a few weeks.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2020
• Texas Democrats knew what was coming—no one should feign surprise.
  — Sam Russek, The New Republic, 17 May 2023
• Nobody even feigned an attempt to persuade him to stay in school.
  — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
• The hognose snake will feign death by opening its mouth, rolling over on its back, and writhing around.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2019
• See if the blue death-feigning beetle will do its possum trick in your open palm.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• Ten minutes later, the bride walked down the aisle, feigning bliss.
  — thehustle.co, 11 Feb. 2024
• This style works well for anyone looking to feign a thicker and fuller head of hair.
  — Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
• Alvarez feigned to poke Ruiz with his bat after the review.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
• Anybody who feigns surprise at the racist rot in our midst has been wilfully blind.
  — Yascha Mounk, Slate Magazine, 17 Aug. 2017
• Players flop to draw a foul or feign innocence (or even injury) to avoid one.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 5 July 2018
• Ford feigns reluctance about giving the hero moment to his screen wife.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
• The host feigned confusion, grabbing a foam axe from under his desk.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
• Contrast that with football, where players feign fouls to gain control of the ball.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• The rest of us have to feign the copper, auburn, ginger, and strawberry shades.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2023
• Auburn’s new coach feigned surprise by his team’s ability to run the football.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 23 Aug. 2023
• Young, without hesitation, took a three-step drop and feigned a throw.
  — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 9 Feb. 2020
• If fight-or-flight fails, the instinct to feign death kicks in as an attempt to forestall the danger.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• Many feigned mental illnesses just to leave the barracks.
  — Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
• Even the nature of the work plays a role in how often employees feign illness.
  — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
• Thanks for being there and at least feigning interest in my oddball life.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
• Stefon Diggs bobs and bounces, feigning a cut in his second-row chair.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• The powder, which is available in nine shades, subtly darkens the scalp to feign fullness.
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 16 Oct. 2017
• Bohm then feigned a throw toward first before pulling the ball in, turning and throwing to second.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
• To prove it, Crane feigns interest in the space, goes to see the studio and gets a lower rent price.
  — Erica Marrison, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• The point is not to feign fearlessness but instead to use fear as a motivation.
  — Ryan McGrath, Forbes, 27 June 2022
• For it is all too easy for a plaintiff to feign a need for discovery just to heap more abuse through legal fees on the speaker.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026