Get to know Feign better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sham or pretend.
Feign meaning
- To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
- To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
- To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
Using Feign
- The main meaning on this page is: To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something. | To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
- Useful related words include: sham, pretend, dissemble, affect.
- In the example corpus, feign often appears in combinations such as: to feign, feign ignorance, feign death.
Context around Feign
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Feign
- In this selection, "feign" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ever, choice, cannot, ignorance, concern and seeking stand out and add context to how "feign" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include agrees to feign temporary interest and appearing to feign a head. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "feign" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with feign
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The broader public can not feign ignorance of this epidemic. (10 words)
Gone are the days when one can either argue or feign ignorance. (12 words)
He first travelled to Quillan to feign seeking directions before heading towards Toulouse. (13 words)
With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold. (41 words)
As a critical stakeholder in the Nigerian project, we cannot feign ignorance to the media-hype and incessant reportage of brazen daylight robbery of our great and collective commonwealth in the mix of precariously diminishing public finance. (37 words)
But since the aunt and uncle had planned an overseas getaway and Uncle Marvin still wants to go, Charlie agrees to feign temporary interest in the kid for a few months before handing him over. (35 words)
Later that year, she directly tweeted at Trump: “After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
He first travelled to Quillan to feign seeking directions before heading towards Toulouse.
Nor could it ever feign timelessness: hundreds of native grapes belong to each country therein, a point of difference now satisfying many a wine enthusiast.
The words sounded good, so the kid did his best to feign that he understood.
With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: feign injury and comply with the Iranian regime as Maryam implores her to do, or defy them both and fight on, for the gold.
As a critical stakeholder in the Nigerian project, we cannot feign ignorance to the media-hype and incessant reportage of brazen daylight robbery of our great and collective commonwealth in the mix of precariously diminishing public finance.
Later that year, she directly tweeted at Trump: “After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?
Melbourne's Steven May is under fire after appearing to feign a head injury against the Kangaroos.
But since the aunt and uncle had planned an overseas getaway and Uncle Marvin still wants to go, Charlie agrees to feign temporary interest in the kid for a few months before handing him over.
Dineo said the DA was a “racist party” and claimed they were “NOT” the people to vote for in any election, “no matter how many black people they try to use to feign inclusion”.
Every now and again it was the hapless Mrs. Koshoni who would feign annoyance and exasperation.
Gone are the days when one can either argue or feign ignorance.
Moreover, Feign Death is a great skill that can get Hunters out of most sticky situations.
He lamented that despite billions of naira being paid to contractors to guard the oil and gas pipelines, the facilities still suffer untold vandalism while communities feign ignorance.
He was quick to pocket his profit and equally quick to feign ignorance when Paul suggested a contribution towards his lambs’ keep.
The broader public can not feign ignorance of this epidemic.
The failure of Palestinians and their international enablers to satisfy that requirement — or even feign concern for it — has only made the need seem like little more than a remote abstraction to most Israelis.
This classic scene from perfectly describes this hypocrisy of politicians and neighborhood residents who feign blindness of what is standing directly in front of their eyes.
This in turn would help to undercut the arguments of those who opportunistically feign concern for workers’ rights in order to bash migrants.
Add a modern sans serif font with some duplicitous shadows to feign motion and voila.
A good Leninist will feign peaceful intent when out-numbered but will unhesitatingly use force when the balance of power shifts in his favor.
Common combinations with feign
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: