Sentence examples for feigned it from inspiring English sources

When genuine (not feigned), it may have been symptomatic of their illness or symbolic of real fear or anger, perhaps relating "to traumatic episodes from the past, such as physical abuse and personal rejection" [ 31].

But as a staunch conservative, he can't like this shot across the bow at one of America's biggest businesses, no matter how feigned it is.

Gerry was in back, asleep, or feigning it.

Mr Obama has learned to show a bit more warmth, or at least to feign it.

But he was able to feign it, which was almost as good.

But it has to be done, and she did it incredibly confidently, and so I had to just feign it and do it properly.

But he convinces the audience that his devotion to Baldwin is the only emotion he never feigns; it defines him.

The DVD release of Michael Winterbottom's groundbreaking sex-and-music drama "9 Songs" (Nov. 8) gives the critics who feigned boredom the first time around the chance to feign it all over again.

Hardy called Punk into question about his eye injury, believing he had been feigning it, leading Punk to turn heel, claiming to be the moral superior of those who support Hardy due to his drug-free lifestyle.

It was early for us, 10 in the morning, a time when we're usually still lounging about the bedroom, maybe doing our laughable exercises or chatting about something we never got around to the previous day, or we're still sleeping or feigning it (one of us anyway), or listening to Brian Lehrer on NPR and doing the deep breathing.

Ephesian, realizing that he will not survive another siege, passes out poison to the cult members and all but he and Melissa die, Melissa having feigned drinking it.