feinting

present participle of feint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinting
Verb
  • Lorne Michaels promised big changes at Saturday Night Live ahead of season 51’s premiere, and the creator and executive producer was evidently not bluffing.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But Zelensky said Wednesday that the Russian leader was bluffing.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Travis Kelce is feigning ignorance about that spicy new Taylor Swift track.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These participants, who, like those in our COVID-19 study, prioritized a symbolic show of strength, were more likely to believe in other kinds of misinformation and conspiracies, too, such as that the government is concealing evidence of alien contact.
    Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • What begins as a crime caper morphs into an unexpected rom-com as Jeff spends more time with Leigh’s family and even joins her local church, all while concealing his real identity and living behind a display of bicycles at Leigh’s workplace.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to investigators, the occupants were seeking to enter the country to find work and had set sail from Weihai, Shandong Province, disguising themselves as anglers with fishing rods.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On disguising combination moves behind an initial setup.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Financial Times flagged deeper pressures beneath calm credit spreads, including rising payment-in-kind loan structures that may be masking borrower stress.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In coffee, a small amount of salt can neutralize bitterness by affecting certain taste receptors on the tongue without masking flavor the way sugar and cream can.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Simply put, there are complex problems that cannot be solved by classical computers, such as simulating molecules for drug discovery and materials science and optimizing large-scale systems in finance and logistics.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This resolution strengthens the foundation for simulating reactor behavior and assures designers that graphite will perform its duties as expected.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Feinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinting. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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