Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinted
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Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026 -
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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Those of us who would love to have agents and publishing houses dictating our next books feigned sympathy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Many feigned mental illnesses just to leave the barracks.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Political partisans tend to behave in a partisan way—even if that partisanship is disguised as apolitical, Christian living.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The blind that Rhoades had set up in his Erie County cornfield was well-camouflaged.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 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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Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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The operation also resulted in the killing of two US citizens, the deployment of aggressive tactics by armed, masked DHS agents, and a soaring sense of trepidation permeating Minnesota’s immigrant communities.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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In Bordeaux, Merlot’s natural characteristics were masked for many years by heavy oak aging, Darmaillacq points out, resulting in a more rigid style of wine.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Feinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinted. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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