disguisement

Example Sentences

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What could have been his reason for this temporary disguisement I have never been able to discover. 

From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James

In spring this picture is transformed—suddenly as by the shifting of a panoramic view; or, as upon the stage, the Harlequin and brilliant Columbine emerge from the sober disguisement of their dominoes.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

They were two lambs made up to represent wolves, but the merest child must have seen through the disguisement.

From The Penalty by Christy, Howard Chandler

Hardship and neglect had so far altered my appearance that, even had I cared for it, any artificial disguisement was unnecessary.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

In the case of Numa this is related as a fact, but it is only a disguisement of the right derived from the ritual books.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John