I was toying with the idea of feigning ADS in the comment threads. From Wordnik.com. [Althouse coffeehouse.] Reference
Levine found, through a series of interesting tests, such as feigning a blind person trying to find and retrieve a lost letter, that. From Wordnik.com. [American Coastopia!] Reference
"Where and when?" asks Eleanor, feigning surprise. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
Oh! I acknowledge -- for what is the use of feigning?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Most friendship is feigning; most loving mere folly. '. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
Jerry turned to Phil and Clancey, feigning indignation. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Life] Reference
That was a half-truth, so I had no problem feigning naivety. From Wordnik.com. [My Hairy Thumbnail] Reference
Which was why I was feigning illness on this particular day. From Wordnik.com. [Loose Morals] Reference
"Huh!" thought jealous little Jim, who was only feigning sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
She looks on, feigning innocence, my panties firmly in her grip. From Wordnik.com. [The Russian and the Room, 10] Reference
During a better spell the Master said, Yu has long been feigning. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
There his mother found him feigning a deep and overwhelming sleep. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
'Yes, would that I could but see Jugurtha feigning these very things.'. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
This he said with evident pleasure, no longer feigning to be my friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
Well we know that you are feigning and would have deceived the emperor. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
He was doubtless feigning meekness, hoping for an opportunity to escape. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
Invite him to share it, but take none yourself, feigning sudden illness. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"I dare say he won't die," said Alan, feigning a cheerfulness he did not feel. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
Now I am the one feigning interest as she tells me about her fight with her mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Kisses of a Satyr] Reference
Private, semi-private, really not private at all but feigning a desire for privacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectacle Of Matrimony] Reference
I turn off the lamp, and she closes her eyes, feigning sleep, and my mouth becomes dry. From Wordnik.com. [Promises] Reference
He averted his eyes, feigning nonchalance, but instead, he looked stricken with guilt. From Wordnik.com. [Road-trip] Reference
Still feigning unconsciousness of the approaching peril, Percy proceeded, whistling blithely. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
She lay with her head pillowed on her brother's shoulder and closed her eyes, feigning sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies] Reference
Through his half closed eyelids, still feigning sleep, Hiram kept his glance fixed on one spot. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
"Will you look at that, girls!" cried Katherine, feigning to be quite overpowered by its huge size. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
While they were gone, inferior demons assumed their shape, and lay in their beds, feigning illness. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
The drunk whispers stupidly to his friends, feigning regret: “Oh-oh; guess this one's not in the mood!”. From Wordnik.com. [Mar] Reference
"Ah, it is dreadful!" exclaimed the Prince, indignant, or feigning to be so, and to believe in these excesses. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I actually believe that Arabs are feigning outrage when they protest what they call American (or Israeli) "atrocities.". From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Weiler: According to Peretz, Americans Must Think Life Is Cheap] Reference
She sits down at his feet and looks up at him, feigning interest, understanding almost nothing of what he is saying. From Wordnik.com. [Independence Day] Reference
As a friend created a stir in the parking lot by feigning illness, Evie scooped up Little Old One and plunked him into an oversize handbag. From Wordnik.com. [Down the Rabbit Hole] Reference
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