verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feign interest (= pretend to be interested )
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Ted scanned the report, feigning interest.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bernstein returned to his desk, feigning unconcern.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At decision-making time these consequences are simply left unmentioned, allowing organizational leaders to feign surprise when qualitative costs finally assert themselves.
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I know I should be kind and concerned and that I should at least feign pathos.
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I saw that her reluctance to be taken had been feigned, or part-feigned.
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The silence I feigned does not mean you are not in my thoughts.