feinted

Definition of feintednext
past tense of feint

Example Sentences

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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
  • Of particular concern, the organization took steps to hide its money in shell political action committees and coordinated donations via individual donors while the candidates who benefited often feigned ignorance about enormous donations and expenditures.
    Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Institutions that once at least feigned being an ally are now demonstrating the opposite.
    Ron Stodghill, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • When Wolfgang overdoses on laudanum, however, Anna Marie performed disguised as Wolfgang donning a dramatic red costume and face paint, captivating the court and drawing the envy of Mozart’s greatest rival, Antonio Salieri.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
  • While serving a tour of duty outside the province of Kandahar in Afghanistan in August of 2011, he was ambushed by Taliban insurgents disguised in Afghan National Army uniforms.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Finding frass on tomato leaves or the soil below your plants is sometimes easier than finding the green hornworm perfectly camouflaged among the green vines.
    Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Two pumps of product managed to do the trick for my full face, and suddenly my hyperpigmentation on my cheek was concealed.
    Vogue, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Last June, Ukrainian drones concealed inside of pallets on trailers were released to conduct a coordinated, simultaneous attack on several air bases deep inside Russia.
    Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Student activists and some observers said they were attacked by Vucic's supporters, some of whom were masked.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • No government masked thugs shooting down our neighbors in the streets.
    Diego Parrado, Vanity Fair, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Feinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinted. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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