Feigns

In Kahaani, Vidya Balan’s character feigns her pregnancy throughout the movie, until the very end, when it is revealed that she had miscarried.

Jamie and his cocky personality are already on thin ice with Ted, but he falls into frigid waters once he feigns an injury and says he can’t practice.

McMurphy feigns broadcasting a pretend game with a blank TV to a cadre of captivated inmates.

Although the first ended with Lydia coming to accept her knowledge of the supernatural, Rory feigns legitimate compassion in an attempt to earn monetary gains.

A sly New York patriarch feigns cancer in order to reunite his ramshackle clan, in this cracklingly eccentric, painstakingly crafted deadpan group portrait.

A woman feigns innocence to intensify the purity of her immaculate white dress and gloves.

Alex coyly feigns illness to his parents to stay out of school the next day.

First tale (III, 1) Masetto da Lamporecchio feigns to be mute, and obtains a gardener's place at a convent of women, who with one accord make haste to lie with him.

Fourth tale (VII, 4) Tofano one night locks his wife out of the house: she, finding that by no entreaties may she prevail upon him to let her in, feigns to throw herself into a well, throwing therein a great stone.

Hamlet feigns madness but subtly insults Polonius all the while.

He feigns disinterest; there is an underlying tension in their relationship.

In others ("The Adventure of the Dying Detective" and, again, "A Scandal in Bohemia"), Holmes feigns injury or illness to incriminate the guilty.

In the ensuing leadership race, Urquhart initially feigns unwillingness to stand before announcing his candidacy.