feinted

Definition of feintednext
past tense of feint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinted
Verb
  • Any time the Patriots succeed with a new blitz or bluffed blitz in the first quarter, offenses expect to see it again later in the game.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
  • On the second interception, Simmons said Delaware bluffed as if an all-out blitz was coming before falling back into coverage and making the pick.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those of us who would love to have agents and publishing houses dictating our next books feigned sympathy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Many feigned mental illnesses just to leave the barracks.
    Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Political partisans tend to behave in a partisan way—even if that partisanship is disguised as apolitical, Christian living.
    Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The blind that Rhoades had set up in his Erie County cornfield was well-camouflaged.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Where that’s not possible, garages may be camouflaged in exceptionally creative screening.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.
    Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Authorities have not identified the individual, who is masked in the photos.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Parents and community members spoke about the trauma caused if armed and masked immigration agents enter schools — an environment that should be a sanctuary for learning, not a stage for political terror.
    Randy Linville, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Feinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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