Sentence examples similar to feigning understanding from inspiring English sources

But his mother insisted that he and an older brother turn off the television and read, writing weekly book reports that she could only feign understanding.

It meant that another 8-year-old first communicant had feigned an understanding of transubstantiation.

Amongst the sexual references I feigned a deep understanding of and the cheap knob gags I forced myself to laugh at, an awakening of sorts occurred.

Feigning ignorance is the crime – because it is not truly ignorance but buried understanding masquerading as ignorance.

Or feigning mental illness.

I laughed, feigning good-naturedness.

I'm not feigning modesty.

Now Sam was feigning sincerity.

"It's always dinosaur bones," says Pat Holroyd, feigning exasperation.

"Imagine that," Alec said, feigning bashfulness.

Avoid unpromising work assignments by feigning illness.