Sentence examples for feign confusion from inspiring English sources

Do you think it would be all right if I asked someone for a seat?" The partner was to feign confusion.

They may secretly cultivate the "inability to wash dishes properly" or feign "confusion over the diaper changing process," but at the core they are missing out on a full partnership at home with all its messy and joyful twists and turns.

Why does feigning confusion (and actually being confused) work so well at disarming gaslighters/narcissists?

Anthony feigned confusion.

I feigned confusion.

I poked at the muddy ground, feigning confusion.

Instead of saying, "Without further ado," he feigns confusion and says, "Without further a clue".

When a prosecutor asked about the timing device depicted in her notebook, she feigned confusion, mugging for the spectators — "He lost me".

When a prosecutor asked about the timing device depicted in her notebook, she feigned confusion, mugging for the spectators—"He lost me".

Smiley, but with a suspicion of steel, faux-arrogant – she feigns confusion that we don't share her Westlife fetish – Hagen is a lovable guide through a tale that digs deep, but with a very light touch.

After a rather faltering start three years ago, Peston, 48, became the poster boy of the financial crisis that engulfed the UK in September 2007 and made the City realise how powerful the BBC can be when it stops feigning confusion and ignorance about business matters and tackles a story head on.