Phrases with «feint»

The word "feint" means to make a deceptive or fake move to trick someone into believing or reacting in a certain way. Full definition

Sentences with «feint»

  • Falstaff at war is a parody of the other knights: too fat to be hoisted onto a horse, he spends the battle as a tubby suit of armor, waddling from tree to tree, justifying his mid-battle feint of death with «the better part of valor is discretion.» (firstthings.com)
  • «In this rather undifferentiated morass of feints at video, photography, sculpture and above all earnestly political, identity - based Conceptual Art, the paintings spring out like little oases of personal thought, concentration and effort. (twocoatsofpaint.com)
  • As a script, «The Lazarus Effect» too often stays confined to gestures, with feints in the direction of action, and promises of action, but with no action actually occurring. (chron.com)
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