masquerade
Example Sentences
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As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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
College Football Brain is why we still have Zombie Bowl games layered on top of this 12-team playoff, as if anyone actually cares or comprehends why the quarterfinal needs to masquerade as the Cotton Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
According to Netflix’s in-house blog Tudum, the staircase encounter featured in the trailer is the first time the pair cross paths during Lady Bridgerton’s masquerade ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
This fresh blow coming swiftly upon my masquerade of the night before was ironic, and rather horrible.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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