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The phrase "feigning interest" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone who is pretending to be interested in something, often insincerely. Example: "During the meeting, she was feigning interest in the project, but her mind was clearly elsewhere."
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Feigning interest, I upped my game.
"He was playing soccer, right?" he asked, feigning interest.
Feigning interest, Gekko brings his protege, the young Bud Fox, into the deal.
Buffalo fooled everyone by seemingly feigning interest in Syracuse quarterback Ryan Nassib.
Bogdan followed her, feigning interest, past painted wooden eggs and sallow bobbin-lace, his chest reverberating with sorrow.
But by the mid '20s, Congress had quit feigning interest, and women's concerns received a cold shoulder.
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Do you feign interest in something that you're not really interested in?
Otto runs around while I feign interest.
They feigned interest to look around.
Explain, and I'll try to feign interest.
Or feigned interest in the indie movie about lesbian mothers in Greenland.
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