Sentence examples for feigning sickness from inspiring English sources

Feigning sickness, Montse stayed in bed, joining the others only for meals.

Should I leave the platform at the end of the movement, feigning sickness so my colleagues would never suspect it was because of nerves, or should I just run off and throw the violin and myself into the Main river?

According to an interview in Yedioth Ahronoth with another former Islamic State captive, who befriended Sotloff in captivity, he successfully managed to hide the fact he was Jewish from his captors managing to fast for Yom Kippur by feigning sickness.

Discipline was strictly enforced in the workhouse; for minor offences such as swearing or feigning sickness the "disorderly" could have their diet restricted for up to 48 hours.

Behaviors such as frequent and 'frivolous' visits to health facilities, impersonation, feigning sickness to collect drugs for non-insured persons, over charging for services provided to clients, charging clients for services not provided and over prescription were identified.

You might be staying home for a legitimate reason or you might be feigning sickness to skip for no reason.

As part of the plan, Mr. Chen feigned sickness for weeks, tricking his minders into thinking he was bedridden.

Habib, Dia's friend, explained that he had feigned sickness that morning to avoid having to go to the army logistics headquarters where he worked.

I didn't want Mum and Dad to go to London and leave me with my auntie, so I feigned sickness.

One reader, a court reporter, confessed that she planned to "feign sickness for the next three to six days so I can lay in bed and reread all my NR yet again".

I could feign sickness or a family emergency - yes, I did entertain those lies, but I knew in the end, it was going to be me and that microphone.