Sentence examples for feigns to from inspiring English sources

The phrase "feigns to" is not commonly used in written English and may be considered awkward or incorrect
It can be used when describing someone who pretends or acts as if they are doing something, but it is more typical to use "feigns" alone. Example: "She feigns to be interested in the conversation, but her mind is elsewhere."

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But Sir Boris of Islington … He feigns to bow before me.

He feigns to want to reduce the polarisation in the education system and society.

Whether Boris is really a fifth columnist who publicly feigns to be the cabbie's chum while privately belting out Uber Uber Alles in his bath, I cannot say.

It feigns to loathe costly regulations but in fact red tape makes it harder for job-creating start-ups to challenge established businesses.

In defending cocoa futures trading, Seth Freedman is an apologist for big bankers, the "mammon worshipping culture" he feigns to despise.

Birdman feigns to be shot, apart from brief bookends, in a single elaborate tracking shot, in the manner of Hitchcock's Rope.

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They no longer even feign to care.

My mother and aunt survived by feigning to be dead.

In football, prospective professional players have essentially no choice but to attend college, or feign to.

No one else could even feign to know his moods, the source of his abrupt decisions.

De Gaulle, feigning to inspect the frogs on her dolman, replied: "Indeed!

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