Feigning [verb]

Posing as an IT staffer to get access to the corrupt police commissioner who investigated his father’s case, Assane feigns offense when his credentials are questioned.

I bit my lip and feigned a smile, donned my heavy jacket, and re-strategized the entire week.

Whether Madame Probasco was feigning or not, the outstanding fact was that the next experiments varied greatly in effectiveness.

While feigning to talk at their ease as they rode along, the nerves of both of our two friends were strung to the uttermost.

Almost immediately he encountered the keeper of the prison, gesticulating and feigning a violent anger.

Invite him to share it, but take none yourself, feigning sudden illness.

One of the weapons of her armoury was the feigning of anger, and few could stand upright before her wrath.

She approved of his feigning, for as long as these men did not seek to injure her, why should he incur their further notice?

It was not an unusual thing to see young boys feigning drunkenness and staggering through the village.

Should I wait till she reached her own door, and then, still feigning sleep, allow myself to be discovered?