How to Use feint in a Sentence

feint

1 of 2 noun

• The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook.
• The lack of a word-count facility, of the feint of a change of font.
  — Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 22 Sep. 2020
• The man in motion and backfield faking were the feints.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• Horan sealed the rout for the Thorns in the 77th minute, scoring with the help of sneaky feint from Simone Charley.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 5 June 2021
• Then every movement of the game, the strategies, the dodging and feints, the squeal of sneakers on the court.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2020
• This, too, was a feint straight out the Fourth Turning playbook.
  — Adele M. Stan, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2021
• Some still thought the kidnapping was a hoax and the exchange a feint to free Boko Haram fighters.
  — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2017
• Such an opening seems to prime us for a piece of high-end genre work, but this is just the first of Barry’s feints.
  — Giles Harvey, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Bud started upping the feints, forcing Willie to swing wide and hard.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The 20-year-old defender ran nearly half the length of the field before playing the pass, with a few nifty feints along the way.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 28 May 2018
• However, in the 13th, Walcott let his guard down just a bit, going for a feint and a right hand.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• In truth, though, the When Harry Met Sally references are a bit of a feint.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• The opening scene is a brilliant feint of dislocation that sets the tone — and the din — of what follows.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• The presto of the third was kept extra-presto, with beguiling feints (or faints?) of volume in the repeating theme of the strings.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• But that four-on-the-floor beginning is a feint of sorts, a trick to command your attention.
  — Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2021
• Renfroe’s guard blew three times on an acorn whistle and one feint whistle came back.
  — al, 11 Aug. 2020
• Fortunately this segment of the story turns out to be a clever feint.
  — N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 14 July 2017
• Except the most important bits, which duck and feint into the margins.
  — Scarlett Thomas, New York Times, 27 May 2016
• On first listen, Tirzah’s latest album seems like a feint.
  — Pitchfork, 7 Dec. 2023
• That was a feint to make the final number appear more moderate.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 July 2021
• Politicians and consumer groups deride the idea as just the latest corporate feint to gouge the public.
  — Jeffrey Ball, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021
• As the months passed, and more troops encircled the country, the question was whether Mr. Putin was making a feint or preparing for war.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Ukrainian officials dismissed such talk as a feint, meant to lure their forces into a trap the Russians have had months to build.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• Without spoiling too much, the movie feints at a tragic ending, but all is resolved in the final seconds.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 June 2018
• Doesn’t this indict the audience accepting on faith the feints and assertions of the film itself?
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2020
• The path to a possible meeting led through a thicket of hostility and feints.
  — Peter Baker and Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
• Doubtless, the greedflationists will explain in due course how this is all part of some deeper scheme, a feint perhaps to trap the unwary.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 21 May 2022
• Defining moment: On the deciding goal, Gil froze the defense with a couple feints in the penalty area near the end line, then lofted a cross for Romney.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• His latest feint at draining the swamp could put a target on Dr. Anthony Fauci's back.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 Oct. 2020
• That could prove more difficult if Mr. Putin decided to move some of his forces back — whether as a real retreat or a strategic feint.
  — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2022

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feint

2 of 2 verb

• He feinted with his right, then followed with a left hook.
• Allen feinted left, drove right, spun back to the left – hounded the entire way by Newman – and then jumped back and fired.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018
• Hart passed to Whitley, who feinted a drive left from the left wing, drawing defenders to her.
  — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 4 Mar. 2018
• None of this seems to bother Tatum, who feints and pivots and ekes out a shot over an encroaching defender.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 13 July 2017
• I was accused of crying it when the City believed our NFL team was just joshing us, feinting, bluffing.
  — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 June 2017
• The Belgium midfielder feinted one way and then the other, Danny Rose got himself tied up in knots, and Januzaj bent a finish into the top corner.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• Down by seven points, Pittsburgh tried an onside kick but Chris Boswell got a little too fancy by trying to employ a soccer move, feinting a kick to the left side and then kicking behind his ankle to the right.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2016
• As the double approached, Stahl feinted retreat, which caused both defenders to overpursue.
  — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 17 May 2017
• Fencers feinted and darted to wild applause from children, while a 14th-century battle between ancient Russians and the Golden Horde took place nearby.
  — Andrew Roth, Washington Post, 12 June 2017
• That does lead us down an interesting path, though: If the story and the stars are a lot of what makes great rom-coms work, and Hollywood is feinting toward more inclusive casting and storytelling, how will rom-coms evolve going forward?
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 29 Aug. 2018
• These threads, along with a drama school rivalry involving Diana Cowper’s future movie star son, provide more than enough material for Horowitz to feint this way and that before revealing the killer and, just as important, the killer’s motivations.
  — Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• Here are sentences that feel athletic enough to sprint on for pages, feinting in different directions at once, dropping disparate allusions, tossing off witty asides, refracting competing ironies.
  — Ron Charles, The Mercury News, 7 June 2017
• He feinted with his right, then followed with a left hook.
• Allen feinted left, drove right, spun back to the left – hounded the entire way by Newman – and then jumped back and fired.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2018
• Hart passed to Whitley, who feinted a drive left from the left wing, drawing defenders to her.
  — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 4 Mar. 2018
• None of this seems to bother Tatum, who feints and pivots and ekes out a shot over an encroaching defender.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 13 July 2017
• I was accused of crying it when the City believed our NFL team was just joshing us, feinting, bluffing.
  — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 June 2017
• The Belgium midfielder feinted one way and then the other, Danny Rose got himself tied up in knots, and Januzaj bent a finish into the top corner.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• Down by seven points, Pittsburgh tried an onside kick but Chris Boswell got a little too fancy by trying to employ a soccer move, feinting a kick to the left side and then kicking behind his ankle to the right.
  — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2016
• As the double approached, Stahl feinted retreat, which caused both defenders to overpursue.
  — Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 17 May 2017
• Fencers feinted and darted to wild applause from children, while a 14th-century battle between ancient Russians and the Golden Horde took place nearby.
  — Andrew Roth, Washington Post, 12 June 2017
• That does lead us down an interesting path, though: If the story and the stars are a lot of what makes great rom-coms work, and Hollywood is feinting toward more inclusive casting and storytelling, how will rom-coms evolve going forward?
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 29 Aug. 2018
• These threads, along with a drama school rivalry involving Diana Cowper’s future movie star son, provide more than enough material for Horowitz to feint this way and that before revealing the killer and, just as important, the killer’s motivations.
  — Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2018
• Here are sentences that feel athletic enough to sprint on for pages, feinting in different directions at once, dropping disparate allusions, tossing off witty asides, refracting competing ironies.
  — Ron Charles, The Mercury News, 7 June 2017

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