masquerade

Example Sentences

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The Elwood Club at the Pendry Newport Beach hotel in Newport Beach, Calif., for example, gives members access to the hotel’s on-site personal trainer and hosts an annual masquerade party for members only.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The Bohemian second son has so far refused to settle down, but this all changes when he meets a masked lady in silver at a masquerade ball.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

People knew Sceptobius was able to masquerade as an ant, but they didn’t know how it pulled it off.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The only question left is how long she can keep up the masquerade before even her audience sees through it.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

He had looked so different in the black suit Farid had stolen for him—like one of Capricorn’s men, which of course was the point of the masquerade.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke