feinted

past tense of feint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feinted
Verb
  • That lack of confidence is charming and funny; when the experts on With Love, Meghan mess up, their humility feels feigned and unnatural, but Martin’s embarrassment only motivates everyone to help him out.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Time and again, when presented with the misdeeds of his friends, allies, subordinates, and appointees, Adams has feigned, at most, mild surprise.
    Eric Lach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, allegedly disguised himself as a police officer, wearing body armor and driving a vehicle that appeared to be law enforcement.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Try bicycles for more exercise disguised as fun, then saunter over to Spa La Quinta’s 23,000 square feet of bliss.
    Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Explosive devices can be unpredictable, easily triggered, hard to detect or camouflaged.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Perlstein and Vergato divided the proceeds and concealed their involvement by using personal email accounts, other corporate entities, and fake identities.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The student allegedly admitted to taking the gun on Sunday while his uncle was in the shower and then bringing it onto the bus concealed in his pocket, according to the affidavit.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk's assassination is the most high-profile example yet of what extremism researchers at the NCRI see as an increasingly dangerous normalization of political violence—often masked as satire, rebellion, or dark humor online.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The film is a down-the-center-lane portrayal of Salters’ ride to fame as a pioneer female boxer, whose massive success masked years of abuse at the hands of her husband and trainer Jim Martin (an initially unrecognizable Ben Foster), who eventually tried to kill her.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Feinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feinted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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