disguise

Example Sentences

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He attempts to disguise this deficiency with endless boasting about himself and endless denigration of others.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

He said Ortiz, who was arrested in a vehicle with a rifle, ammunition and a disguise -- a wig -- had behaved in a manner that was "extremely dangerous."

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

WASHINGTON—When María Corina Machado left Venezuela in December, escaping by boat and wearing a disguise, she hoped a U.S. intervention would oust Nicolás Maduro and force a democratic transition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

A chipper melodicist who never attempted to disguise his sentimental streak, Sedaka emerged at the moment rock ’n’ roll’s initial big bang started to fizzle.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

He preferred a tuxedo and a high black silk hat, but he was a master of disguise and an escape artist, and for years, he’d danced in circles around the authorities.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day