Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinted
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On the second interception, Simmons said Delaware bluffed as if an all-out blitz was coming before falling back into coverage and making the pick.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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When Glassman asked him if the burns were third-degree or second-degree, Rudd feigned being unable to recall what doctors had told him.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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Then, while Williams was stoic, Storrie feigned nervousness about presenting, contorting himself into knots.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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As loyalty and conformity often disguised as anticommunism suppressed the fervency for civil rights that punctuated the war years, Du Bois’s conflict increased in intensity for a Black America expecting an improved quality of life in peacetime.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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This generational shift is dismantling old hierarchies and exposing where control has been disguised as loyalty, teamwork or social acceptance.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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Where that’s not possible, garages may be camouflaged in exceptionally creative screening.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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So, while the animals still turn white, they may not be camouflaged.—
Jonathan Shikes,
Denver Post,
30 Dec. 2025
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Have bricks or river rocks concealed out of sight and ready to use as ballasts to hold the cloth in place against winds.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2026
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Chanelling Miss Sara Bellum from the Powerpuff Girls, her secretarial deep burgundy ringlets were cut into pouty bangs that almost totally concealed her eyes.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
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Staff told police several armed and masked individuals came into the store, possibly from two vehicles, and fled with cash.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of armed and masked federal agents have been deployed to Minnesota, with Minneapolis serving as the epicenter of the largest immigration enforcement operation in US history.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Feinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinted. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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