Most remarkably, he told children not to feign illness to avoid work.

Maybe I'd have to invent an urgent meeting or feign illness.

He would feign illness, and go home the next day.

What makes you feign illness, and invent pretexts for delay?

Within hours, a second video emerged showing the same children being instructed to lie down and feign illness.

He told himself so, and his weary brain stirred more actively, suggesting to him to feign illness and bring the Emperor to his bedside.

I am still feigning illness, although I'm pretty sure I'm fooling no one.

At the town called Turuf I dropped out of the party feigning illness.

In order to prevent running, I feigned illness, too, and went to another.

When night came, he feigned illness so as to escape the task of conducting.

Companies surveyed said that in their opinion 75 per cent was due to feigned illness.

Feigning illness, the Viceroy betook himself to his ship.

Melchior found him in bed, feigning illness, and surrounded by the beds of his seven concubines.

I had feigned illness, and kept my room.

She could have stayed away, of course-feignedillness or pleaded essential war work-butthere'd have been talk.

The next morning she stayed in bed and feigned illness, but preferred not to call a doctor.