feign sleep
Frequency: 5.57.0 per million words
To pretend to be asleep.
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- The child decided to feign sleep when her parents checked on her.
- He would often feign sleep to avoid morning chores.
- She learned to feign sleep during boring meetings.
- The prisoner attempted to feign sleep during the inspection.
- It's difficult to feign sleep when you're genuinely excited.
- The cat seemed to feign sleep while watching the birds.
- Students sometimes feign sleep to avoid being called upon.
- The actor had to feign sleep convincingly for the scene.
- She would feign sleep whenever her roommate brought friends over.
- The guard continued to feign sleep while monitoring the situation.