Sentence examples similar to feigned power from inspiring English sources

Because the player's appearance in that particular game was so critical, the club feigned a power failure at the ballpark until the player could be brought back and calmed down.

It's not about feigned or renewed innocence, but rather about knowing our power to destroy, and not exercising that power.

Were this the case, the occupying power, which has never shown any genuine enthusiasm for a Palestinian state and has barely feigned any pretense of interest in recent years, would enjoy an absolute and perpetual veto power over Palestinian statehood.

Even the most senior Afghan officials, men who were as near the central power then as now, lowered their voices sharply and frequently feigned ignorance when asked about the Dubs case.

Sham parliamentary elections in July 2018 capitalized on this repression by providing a mechanism for the CPP to keep its iron grip on power while feigning conformity to the principles of party competition, citizen participation, and impartial validation.

And in the global games of realpolitik and power balancing, feigning ignorance of realities on the ground is often in the best interest of foreign countries and their companies.

But in a country where power politics is played at the highest level, with as much fancy footwork and feigned injuries as World Cup soccer, the game is not over.

There's a feral quality that's an essential part of the extraordinary visceral power of both the Rite and Amériques, and it's something that can't be feigned by playing very fast or making the climaxes very noisy.

Mr. Melendez feigned shock.

Anthony feigned confusion.

Milanovic feigned indignation.