Sentence examples for feign innocence from inspiring English sources

An inquiry has been launched and bureaucratic heads may roll, but the government's initial response was to feign innocence.

The real import of this newly revealed anecdote should be that no one can credibly feign innocence about this game any longer.

It cannot now feign innocence of its predatory past in the face of the Islamist backlash it has helped to unleash.

It's no longer good enough for Hollywood's elite to feign innocence.

Because all she had to do was feign innocence and charge me with being oh-so-sensitive or can't-take-a-joke and suddenly I'm the crazy one.

"All her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution," the statement said, according to the Guardian.

Feigning innocence, he hid the pack under his arm while the manager searched him.

But he's also great at feigning innocence himself, so each shot is as if it's his first.

Neither recalled the game's origins, but they'd been punished for it on many occasions and had always feigned innocence.

I would renounce those who feigned innocence or slight stupidity in order to create empathy in their readers; I would never fall into the trap of candor.

As the latter glanced around for the culprit, Ovechkin looked away, feigning innocence, until he turned and grinned mischievously at his coach, who broke into laughter.