Feinting

Constantinople, a stronger than thou, send him hither and tell him of me, for in wrestling there are divers kinds of strokes and tricks, such as feinting and the fore-tripe and the back-tripe and the leg-crick and the thigh-twist and the jostle and the cross-buttock. " ❋ Anonymous (1879)

Cooper was definitely on the defensive, feinting when Maggie snapped at him and rolling when she pounced. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

He came, but feinting and jabbing, quick and easy on ground, she took him down in three blows, ducking his attempts to hit her. ❋ Heather Fowler (2011)

Now, Sinestro has expanded his playing field, feinting an attack on Oa but then mustering his whole Corps to Earth, where Tom Welling Prime has been waiting to get even with the heroes of Earth after the events of Infinite Crisis … ❋ Unknown (2009)

Marquez has had luck in moving Pacquiao into the crosshairs of his power lane by jabbing or feinting a jab. ❋ Gordon Marino (2011)

Beyond feinting and several slowly delivered and ineffectual blows he did nothing save block and stall and clinch. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He shifted his weight, feinting left and then dashing right. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

Once in office, Obama was pressured to work in a bipartisan fashion by a press corps that clutched its pearls and ran to the feinting couch should there be any investigation into Bush wrongdoing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tell him just to roll the ball out and not to rush about feinting and pointing and attempting complex tactical semaphores. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Team Obama responded to the protest by feinting back to the center, if not the right, in the actual speech. ❋ Jack Cashill (2011)

He remained calm and dignified throughout their session, feinting rather than responding, and giving no quarter to the Southerners. ❋ Harold Holzer (2011)

They start a mile apart, and advance on each other, taking advantage of cover, retreating, circling, feinting -- anything and everything permissible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That they manage to portray their pearl-clutching and feinting as machismo is a miracle of public relations and media manipulation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Vance had no show whatever, as Del well knew, who played with him, feinting, attacking, retreating, dazzling, and disappearing every now and again out of his field of vision in a most exasperating way. ❋ Unknown (2010)