On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Feint. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as maneuver or manoeuvre and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Feint meaning
- A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
- A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
- Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
Synonyms of Feint
Using Feint
- The main meaning on this page is: A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy. | A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part. | Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
- Useful related words include: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre.
- In the example corpus, feint often appears in combinations such as: tiger feint, mage feint, feint and.
Context around Feint
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Feint
- In this selection, "feint" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tiger, mage, great, kick, attack and hopes stand out and add context to how "feint" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a great feint for future and a strategic feint by moving. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "feint" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with feint
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bunny hit XO with a slingshot Tiger Feint Kick and then a slingshot bronco buster. (15 words)
It also makes Andrew Scheer look cerebral by comparison, which in reality is damning by feint praise. (17 words)
Another nets you mage Feint and Weirding motion, treating mageknight levels as high-caster levels for Mage Feint. (18 words)
The losses might have been greater, except for the fact that the Japanese had practically all of their infantry reserves tied up farther south, held there by another feint off the Minatoga beaches by the 2nd Marine Division that coincided with the attack. (43 words)
Off the ropes, Jackson with a kick to the face, moonsault ducks the Tiger feint kick, jockeying for position, ducking and dodging, so fast paced I can’t keep up with it, back inside for a double dropkick stalemate! (39 words)
Their feint hopes of securing a play-off berth via the Nations League were formally dashed on Thursday night by Slovakia’s 4-2 victory over Iceland with automatic qualification having slipped from their grasp long before. (37 words)
Off the ropes, Jackson with a kick to the face, moonsault ducks the Tiger feint kick, jockeying for position, ducking and dodging, so fast paced I can’t keep up with it, back inside for a double dropkick stalemate! (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another nets you mage Feint and Weirding motion, treating mageknight levels as high-caster levels for Mage Feint.
Their feint hopes of securing a play-off berth via the Nations League were formally dashed on Thursday night by Slovakia’s 4-2 victory over Iceland with automatic qualification having slipped from their grasp long before.
Aspinall came out light on his feet as he usually does and looked to feint his way into range.
Crossbody out of the corner from Momo and a dropkick, tiger feint misses and May hammers away at her back.
Are we prepared for a huge adjustment in our mind shift because we are no longer in the age of feint and margin.
First, on October 27, XXI Corps began a feint against Gaza, consisting initially of a systematic and increasingly heavy artillery bombardment from land-based heavy and medium guns.
Spoofing involves sending orders that a trader doesn't intend to have filled, essentially a feint designed to trick other traders into posting prices the spoofer wants.
This naturally sets up King Cold as a genuine threat (a great feint for Future Trunks’ introduction,) but subsequent scenes drop Cold’s gigantism.
It also makes Andrew Scheer look cerebral by comparison, which in reality is damning by feint praise.
Off the ropes, Jackson with a kick to the face, moonsault ducks the Tiger feint kick, jockeying for position, ducking and dodging, so fast paced I can’t keep up with it, back inside for a double dropkick stalemate!
Bunny hit XO with a slingshot Tiger Feint Kick and then a slingshot bronco buster.
There’s another one that nets 1/day use of lay on hands as Left-Handed Blade nets +2 to Bluff checks made to feint as well as swift action feints.
Building on Vaudreuil's work harassing the Oswego garrison, Montcalm executed a strategic feint by moving his headquarters to Ticonderoga, as if to presage another attack along Lake George.
However, Pelé got there first and fooled Mazurkiewicz with a feint by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the goalkeepers left, while Pelé went to the goalkeepers right.
Iran began with a feint attack against Basra, which was stopped by the Iraqis; Meanwhile, an amphibious strike force landed at the foot of the peninsula.
Seekers, who sometimes fly close to the pitch surface, can be tricked into crashing into the surface occasionally at great speed (when tricked into doing so by the opposing seeker; it is known as the Wronski feint).
The Hungarians mounted a rapid frontal attack in a typical horse archer swarm, raining arrows among the German knights, but this was only a feint.
The losses might have been greater, except for the fact that the Japanese had practically all of their infantry reserves tied up farther south, held there by another feint off the Minatoga beaches by the 2nd Marine Division that coincided with the attack.
The only mechanic within the system to address this is the Feint action, which if successful will place the adversary in an unfavorable position, reducing their active defense against that character only, on the subsequent turn.
Varble, Derek (2003) p. 38. Adan began a three-pronged attack with one armored force striking northeastern edge of Ruafa, a mixed infantry/armored force attacking the north edge and a feint attack from a neighbouring knoll.
Common combinations with feint
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tiger feint 3×
- mage feint 2×
- feint and 2×
- to feint 2×
- feint kick 2×
- feint by 2×
- with feint 2×
- feint attack 2×