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• He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.From the entry feign
• The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.From the entry feign
• I examined a man who frequently feigned illness so he could stay home from work.1954 November 15, “Damning Diagnosis”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 22, Minneapolis, M.N.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc.…. From the entry workphobia
• Apparently suffering from amnesia and paralysis of vocal chords (? both feigned).1953, Ian Fleming, “Dossier for M”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 19. From the entry DP
• He could have feigned noncomprehension, but with Lanyon one didn’t try anything on.1953, Mary Renault, chapter 2, in The Charioteer, New York: Pantheon, published 1959, page 26. From the entry try on
• He had not been squelched. he had not been feased by the feigned rebuke of the Hon.1916 February, Jim Blythe, "The Corn-Cob Club", Public Service Magazine 20, H. J. Gonden, Chicago, page 48. From the entry feeze
• Woobs feigned righteous indignation at this cruel command!2017, Tony Blackman, Anthony Wright, V Force Boys: All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant…. From the entry strangle the parrot
• If her interest was feigned, she deserved an Academy Award.2007, Emma Holly, In the Flesh, Black Lace, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry Academy Award
• The Ghost feigned concern and put his hand over his mouth, “Oooh, shushy shushy, no word from me."2006, C. Owens, The Hacksaw, the Rose & the Parthenon Parrot, page 124. From the entry shushy
• Slave narratives and planters’ records reveal that an owner faced with a sick slave was likely to believe the illness was feigned.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 45. From the entry malingering
• Suddenly, to my eyes, my throat, my mouth there rushed tears and a cry which I stifled into a feigned cough into my handkerchief.1992, Alejandro Morales, chapter 14, in The Rag Doll Plagues, Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry discomfiting
• If extroversion drugs lead every stranger, every telesalesman to address me by my first name (too many do already) and intrude a feigned intimacy, give me Grant Wood!2016, David W Stewart, Healthy, Wealthy or Wise?: Issues in American Health Care Policy. From the entry telesalesman
• Whenever an opponent went down, be it genuine or feigned, the West Ham faithful would simultaneously cry 'Nee-naw, nee-naw, nee-naw, nee-naw', mimicking the sound of an ambulance.2004, Neil Humphreys, Notes from an Even Smaller Island. From the entry nee-naw
• The author is reporting on the high-pitched voice frequently considered a stereotypical feature of the burikko, a derogatory Japanese label used to describe women who exhibit feigned naïveté.2004, Laura Miller, “You are Doing Burikko!”, in Shigeko Okamoto, Janet Shibamoto Smith, editors, Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology…. From the entry burikko
• The bird feigned a broken wing, and Vassilli, falling into the trap, instead of shooting her at once, followed her as she dodged through the whortle bushes.1915, Maud Doria Haviland, chapter 9, in A Summer on the Yenisei, London: Edward Arnold, page 193. From the entry whortle bush
• The October rose, done-for, deposed dowager majarani of the sideyard, munificent Persian slumped on her cane, uncrowned, desceptered, undeceptive, now leans against my neighbor’s fence, the image of feigned indifference.2000, Jennifer Atkinson, “October Rose”, in The Drowned City, Boston, Mass.: Northeastern University Press, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry descepter

Meaning of feigned

1. adjective Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.

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How do you use feigned in a sentence?

Feigned is used as an adjective. For example: “He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.”

What is a short sentence with feigned?

“Woobs feigned righteous indignation at this cruel command!”

What does feigned mean?

Feigned means being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.