How To Use Disguise In A Sentence

The fifth position went to a phishing activity, in which a university hacker stole Internet users' personal information by luring them to provide confidential data on disguised Web sites.
A similar attempt at reconciling Absolute Idealism and monadism had been made by Lotze, and in both cases it remains an open question whether this is not pre-established harmony in disguise. Francis Herbert Bradley
It took its corporeal form in the living room, disguised as a humanoid figure made of what could be described as a giant cotton ball.
Another suggests that there are as many as ten lawyers in the city disguised as tourists. Times, Sunday Times
In the night of the 28th 2,000 French dragoons each laden with 60 pounds of gunpowder arrived at the circumvallating walls in disguise.

Disguised first as a horse dealer and later as a holy man, he successfully blarneyed his way through regions, which were not a part of British-held India at the time.
What began as a cheap and easy way to disguise the taste of alcohol in prohibition America quickly became the drink of choice for the privileged fast set of the 1920s.
With ill-disguised pride Margarethe serves onto the best Ming china. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER
I identified the frightful ingredients masking the mixtures of tannin and powdered carbon with which the fish was embalmed; and I penetrated the disguise of the marinated meats, painted with sauces the colour of sewage; and I diagnosed the wine as being coloured with fuscin, perfumed with furfurol, and enforced with molasses and plaster. Là-bas
Her voice was disguised to conceal her identity.
When a well-intentioned program yields unwelcome results, for example, a truth-aversive organization will seek to minimize or disguise these consquences.
Harry disguises the latent homosexual feelings he has for his best friend Ron, by having a string of one night stands with besotted girls in the year below him.
It is very easy to disguise most birthmarks and freckles with makeup; there is an endless supply on sale.
He was "mourned," by those who "survived" him, as people are not mourned in cities, that is, frankly, in a manner undisguised. Walking-Stick Papers
This may be least true of the long "culottes", trousers most closely resembling a skirt, and at best mistakable for a skirt, but insofar as "culottes" establish the principle of dividing woman's outward apparel from the waist down, they merely disguise the grave disorder. The Modesty of His Lordship
She made no attempt to disguise her surprise.
He just disguises them very well. The Sun
But the painted kerbing and the gaily-coloured banners can't disguise the extent of the social and educational deprivation of this community.
She adopted an elaborate disguise to help her pass through the town unrecognized.
You catch the dry talcum smell of old ladies, which can't quite disguise the reek of stale sweat.
His sense of humour, always in evidence, made it impossible for him to seem pompous or self-important, and he never attempted to disguise his own fallibility as a human being.
I think that we all deserve pats on the back for retaining the spelling knight after losing the silent velar fricative that once started the word, and for successfully mastering learning the various sound sequences that that master of disguise ough can hide (bough, trough, plough, through, tough, etc.). Preposterous Apostrophes VII: Why Won’t Willn’t Work? « Motivated Grammar
Athena, disguised like a Trojan, finds the archer Pandarus to shoot an arrow at Menelaus.
Gone was the era of gunboat diplomacy, gone the treaty port concessions, gone the specially conceded naval bases, the military missions, the ill-disguised interference in Chinese affairs.
I backed away slowly, feeling an automatic hello-there kind of absentminded smile climb up on my face as a disguise. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
In ancient times they used disguise and subterfuge, but these modern warriors used an equally disarming trick. Times, Sunday Times
He's not one for vocal acrobatics or disguises. Times, Sunday Times
_ Oh! 'Tis an Abomination to look like a Gentleman; long Hair is wicked and cavalierish, a Periwig is flat Popery, the Disguise of the The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I
Most famous of his costume wardrobe was his Yuletide disguise as a full Christmas tree complete with lights.
The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets.
Disguises used by female damselflies to avoid unwanted sexual advances can cause males to seek out their own sex, a new study suggests.
A blessing in disguise.
He got the backing of a church and they sneaked him out of the country, disguised as a priest.
The president was disguised as a peasant.
Signs are the content metaphor in disguise, words as frames of meaning even if our perspective is flipped inside-out, even if that frame (of determination, of delimitation, of definition) is seen as excluding rather than including. Notes on Notes
Radical rhetoric can disguise essential continuities in policy or simply provide a posthoc gloss to changes which were happening anyway.
Greek name perpetuated by the people and referring to this covering of hoary pines -- a name which the cartographers, arbitrary and ignorant as they often are, have unconsciously disguised. Old Calabria
Athena used the disguise of Mentor to advise and stand beside her beloved Odysseus.
It ran for two years on Broadway to mixed reviews: its undisguised cynicism appalled many critics.
She is supposed to have disguised herself as a pauper for a young priest who, out of charity, took her to an inn to feed her.
The vibey twin-cylinder engine disguised its true potential with a linear predictability. The Sun
They are a disguised disguise, masks in plain sight. Times, Sunday Times
In the Baltimore markets four kinds of terrapin are sold -- not counting muskrat, which is sometimes disguised with sauce and sherry and served as a substitute. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
Simply apply to the zit and leave as long as you can to disguise the spot as it heals. The Sun
And from the storm that swirled a formal nakedness took shape, the truth of disguise and the mask of belief were joined forever.
My mother, being a superhero in disguise, has decorated the house up all beautifully and put together an amazing spread of all my favourite foods. (shrimp, Brie cheese and other yummies).
It was an elaborate charade which, through the performance of ritual, disguised the imposition of the royal will.
Flanked by a bodyguard and disguised in a hat, mask and glasses, he spoke through a modulator that led Washington Post columnist David Ignatius to liken his voice to Darth Vader's.
They just reappear periodically in a different disguise. Christianity Today
After their transfer and a brief period of observation to verify the underlying diagnosis, patients were killed by gassing with carbon monoxide in disguised shower facilities. Archive 2003-01-01
Thinly disguised supercars clothed in bodies which have a passing resemblance to cars on sale in America race round, trading paint and slipstreaming for 500 miles.
Ye can stop as ye are, little lay mothers, and wait in wish and wish in vain till the grame reaper draws nigh, with the sickle of the sickles, as a blessing in disguise. Finnegans Wake
He chuckled, unable to disguise the fact that he was ticklish.
A grown-up lady, however, is better able to disguise her teenage urges and won't respond with a catfight.
Such institutions were thinly disguised agents of a superstate bent on subverting or displacing private enterprise, particularly in the generation of hydroelectric power.
Temptation comes to all of us,whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise,sometimes it arrives in a form of an old flame,flichering back to lift,or a new friend who could end up being so much more,or a young child who wakens feelings we didn't know we had.And so we give in to temptation all the while knowing come moring,we'll have to suffer the consequences.
The biggest display ads of the season could not disguise the vacuity of the event.
Anna could only gaze at him ‘with terror at the undisguised hatred in his whole face.’
They are a disguised disguise, masks in plain sight. Times, Sunday Times
Never taking his eyes from Brand, he felt behind him, his hand connecting with a disguised panel in the mosaic wall. THE SOUND OF MURDER
She was wearing a swimming costume with bandages binding her chest and a hat to disguise her hair. The Sun
Lillak sprinted around the track with undisguised joy, arms upraised like a footballer, as the spectators went mad.
A couple of reindeer skins and a mattress do not disguise the fact that the bed is a block of ice. Times, Sunday Times
He sat mute next to James, who also made no effort to disguise his own bad mood.
You see, " began Larry again, -we didn't know you'd missed the first train so we came down to meet you - and we thought you might be in disguise - so when a plumpish boy got off the train, we thought he was you! Separate
He said rebels had disguised themselves as traders attending the weekend market.
Watch out for sugar in disguise under different names. Times, Sunday Times
Remember that many criticisms are disguised as questions or apparently caring comments! 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
Then, angling her flashlight to direct the beam ahead of her, she carefully inspected the wall to her right until she found a hole the size of a nickel disguised in the carvings.
Played with mercurial Elan by Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare gets unlocked when he meets Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow, sizzling with sensual intelligence), a stage-struck young aristocrat who disguises herself as a boy so she can act in the males-only Elizabethan theater. Close-Up On Will
This unvitiated region stands in no need of the veil of twilight to soften or disguise its features.
Watch out for sugar in disguise under different names. Times, Sunday Times
The peaked chauffeur's cap must have worked as a cunning disguise. Times, Sunday Times
_ Now it comes into my head, the duke of Mantua makes an entertainment to night in masquerade: If you love extravagancy so well, madam, I'll put you into the head of one; lay by your nunship for an hour or two, and come amongst us in disguise. The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04
His tone of barely disguised contempt is maintained throughout the book.
Suicidal attacks by undisguised military forces, exemplified by Japanese kamikaze attacks during World War II, are not a violation of the laws of war.
Temptation comes to all of us,whether or not we succumb depends on our ability to recognize its disguise,sometimes it arrives in a form of an old flame,flichering back to lift,or a new friend who could end up being so much more,or a young child who wakens feelings we didn't know we had.And so we give in to temptation all the while knowing come moring,we'll have to suffer the consequences.
What's more, Clint wears a lot of disguises - he even he dresses up as a clown.
It is in fact the dark evil of laziness and ignorance disguised as an altruistic urge and that is why you rightly feel anxious!
This is why, when the fantasy turns out to be science fiction in disguise, I tend to like that a lot more. SF Fanatic: I Am Not A Fan Of Fantasy, Here's Why
He disguised his camera as a large brown paper parcel and the shots he took are unposed and natural. Victorian Cockney London photographs
We put Emer in the carrycot, where she slept, and Linnea in the buggy converted from a pram back to a buggy Infant Travel Systems: Robots In Disguise. To write
Ray is instantly smitten with the pretty and squeaky-clean Wendy, pursuing her with an undisguised lust, oblivious to the feelings of her boring husband.
Foundations provide the coverage you need to disguise dark spots and undereye circles.
I'd missed the sheep, though the winning decorated hay bale was disguised as such.
Some companies strive to hide or disguise disparities, but these soon leak out. Times, Sunday Times
-- This confidingness, this complaisance, this showing-the-cards of German HONESTY, is probably the most dangerous and most successful disguise which the Beyond Good and Evil
He put on a large hat and glasses as a disguise and hoped no one would recognise him.
Accordingly, he could not find in his heart to behave inexorably to the graceful sinner; he entered into conversation, and learned from her the project of a singular disguisement, wherewith it was intended to surprise the Countess. Chapter X. Book III
He, however, managed to elude them, as he was a master of disguise, and almost everywhere he went he had supporters who hid him.
It is often disguised by a fixation on fitness and macho talk about healthy eating. Times, Sunday Times
But a string of losing bets led him to conceal funds and disguise increasingly risky activities from his managers. Times, Sunday Times
His nadir came in the shape of a double-bogey at the par - 5 seventh where he pranged one into the rough, another behind the green and, all the while, swished his club about in ill-disguised anger.
Guilt is the great disguiser, blacking the white of the sun.
It is often disguised by a fixation on fitness and macho talk about healthy eating. Times, Sunday Times
The maid had called her signora; but that might have been a disguise, like the mask and the patches of court-plaster. The Lure of the Mask
After the 1903 drought, cattle diseases such as pleuropneumonia and rinderpest followed behind a disguised increase in tax rates for rural Africans.
When he decided to develop a navy, he disguised himself as a carpenter so that he might learn at first hand how ships should be built.
It's Hallowe'en this Friday, the perfect opportunity to cast off your tried and tested clothes and make-up and emerge in a more daring disguise.
She disguised herself in man's clothes.
His works are known for a certain voluptuousness and ripe sensuality, his figures lacking much of the grace and elegance of earlier bijin prints, but emphasizing in their place worldliness and a less disguised or mediated sexuality.
Or they smoke with their head in the tumble dryer and burn incense all the time to disguise the smell. Times, Sunday Times
Reading, to most people, means an as hamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name.
There were food riots in several of the Scotch towns, and in Glasgow the multitude assembled, and then commenced what they called a begging tour, but which was really a progress of not disguised intimidation. Endymion
Investors counter that some companies hide behind pay consultants that use complex formulas and extra perks to disguise the amount of cash going to executives. Times, Sunday Times
The great cattle freeze of the white winter had been, in retrospect, a blessing in disguise.
In a land of long distances, and of disguised but strong regionalism, the difficulty of operating as a national institution is not fully appreciated, and so the difficulty is not fully met.
The magician disguised himself as a friendly merchant and paid the King and his family a visit.
Freud said they were disguised wishes, mostly sexual, that had been repressed and held within the unconscious mind.
One day it was an FBI agent in disguise, then the next we had a KGB double agent called Boris, would you believe.
He was wearing that ridiculous disguise.
Like laugh tracks, they cue our emotional responses, but they also disguise their coerciveness by making us feel included.
Murray comes back from 0-30 to 40-30 but is taken to deuce when Nishikori disguise lobs the disguise lobber. Andy Murray v Kei Nishikori – live! | Steve Busfield
On the contrary, for people living as hunter-gatherers, it was a common practice, albeit disguised by various religious or cultural justifications.
It was a heavy snowfall and by morning even the most prominent landmark was disguised beneath a thick covering of snow.
He not only suffered a spectacular bout of what he called madness but also wrote an extraordinarily vivid account of it in his short novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, which he freely admitted was a thinly disguised account of what had happened to him on a 1954 voyage to Ceylon to restore his health. Henry’s Demons
There I was disgusted to find undisguised American 50s housewives waving to their hubbies when they left for work. KAMN Show #46: Fahrenheit 451 : The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas
But the blues often comes in disguise. The Times Literary Supplement
A strong sense of urgency can even help to disguise a certain flabbiness in the opinion itself.
What only the war correspondents present at the time knew, he said, was that Scoop was actually a piece of straight reportage, thinly disguised as a novel.
Truth is after all universal and all over the place, though in bits and pieces at times, disguised, hidden, not unlike traces of gold mixed with impure minerals.
[FN#82] The Arabic word fakir means literally, "a poor man;" but it would appear, from what follows, that Uns el Wujoud had disguised himself as a religious mendicant and was taken for such by the people of the castle. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
But, Varys' "plumpness" is not crucial to the plot I know, he's a eunuch and he is a bit of a "master of disguise" anyway... Insider: Sean Bean cast as Ned
I was horrified when I heard the following sound bites during the glorified PR exercise, disguised as a public information meeting.
The self-deprecation does not disguise an engaging personality. Times, Sunday Times
Looking closer, they might just see the edge of the prosthetic nose she is forced to wear to disguise her disfigured features. The Sun
Lisa's room was filled with a collection of advertising mascots disguised as playthings.
A Blessing in Disguise?
But I sense the callowness of pure Romanticism in such a rejection of restraint -- as coded into Odysseus's hood, into his arrival in disguise, as a beggar. Archive 2010-03-01
In Marx's account of the neoclassicism of the French Revolution, the costume of neoclassicism was needed to provide a heroic disguise.
And while Areva hasn't revealed details of its bid, European Union regulators would certainly question the offer if it appears to overvalue the transmission and distribution unit - in other words, if the bid is state aid in disguise.
He uses nonsense to disguise the fact that he hasn't anything to say. Times, Sunday Times
Small dents and abrasions can be disguised by rubbing a little brown boot polish into them, followed by some traditional furniture polish.
The party has not tried to disguise its new deregulatory approach, which is causing unease among party radicals.
From what angle should the picture be taken to best disguise my untoned contours?
Perhaps they're hoping the the terms "trophoblast", "blastocoel", and "blastocyst" will disguise the fact that we're talking about a human being? Archive 2004-06-01
If it is the case that Wanderers can, as their manager maintains, put such a humiliating defeat behind them then the White Hart Lane walloping could indeed prove a blessing in disguise.
This notice was an advertisement disguised as news, and inserted through the "System's" professional character assassinator, whose head-quarters are in Boston, a person who will occupy a prominent part in the chapters of my story wherein I treat of the crimes of Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated
Such vain ceremony is a thin disguise of rebellion, nor are there perhaps any personal wrongs that can authorize a subject to take arms against his sovereign: but the want of preparation and success may confirm the assurance of the usurper, that this decisive step was the effect of necessity rather than of choice. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
With her true identity safely disguised Liz began to play openly in the store.
This little pen disguises dark circles by bouncing light away from the face. The Sun
the tribesmen disguised themselves in wolfskins
Pop-up ads disguised as Windows system administration alerts annoy users and puzzle security experts.
Thus, orthographic differences now disguise what is a similar pronunciation and make the languages look more different in their written form than they are when spoken.
That was nearly thirty years ago, and over the years the delusion that an unlimited license to commit an unspeakable evil can be disguised or excused by a display of moral handwringing has become ever less convincing to ever more Americans.
We reach deep into the entombed secrets of our soul, dare to pull on those threads that originate in forbidden desires, and dance in disguise with the abandon of bacchantes. Nor certitude, nor peace
The ladders were disguised as bookshelves to fool the guards. Times, Sunday Times
A cipher is a sort of cryptographic coding system used to disguise information.
Antigenic disguise is the main immune evasion mode for many pathogenic organisms including parasites.
The enemy soldier disguised as civilian.
Climbing plants soften and disguise the boundaries and often trick the eye into making the garden feel bigger. Times, Sunday Times
Merlin appears not only as a sorcerer and a wise man but also as a trickster. Constantly, he appears before Arthur in disguise, as a child, a beggar, an old peasant.
The government has made A-levels ever easier in an attempt to disguise the debacle, but it has failed in that too.
Lutheran Church Historian Martin Marty argues that all too many pews are filled on Sunday with practical atheists—disguised nonbelievers who behave during the rest of the week as if God did not exist.
Journalists write with undisguised glee about day-to-day clumsiness within the company.
Kathleen disguised herself as a man by having her long hair hidden beneath a cap and traveling dressed as a man.
Stalin, although we referred to him in disguised terms. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn - Autobiography
Despite trying to disguise herself by dyeing her hair blonde, she was too beautiful to remain unnoticed. Times, Sunday Times
Whoever said anything about being in disguise?
That impersonality is the essence of war and the Thiepval Memorial attempts to disguise that fact by pretending to commemorate persons.
Still, this and the stunning look and animation of the robots in disguise are the main draw. Times, Sunday Times
EVERYBODY has heard of the Cave of St. Cyprian at Salamanca, where in old times judicial astronomy, necromancy, chiromancy, and other dark and damnable arts were secretly taught by an ancient sacristan; or, as some will have it, by the devil himself, in that disguise. The Alhambra
NEW BEGINNINGS The first semester of the 1993/94 season saw one of the Swedes return home, the other injure his knee and the third male swimmer fall ill, which meant that I ended up being Jan's only breaststroker - a blessing in disguise as it allowed us the time to build that all-important swimmer-coach relationship. An Autobiography
It's very easy to tell a fun story which disguised my feelings about the most painful moment in my life.
He made no attempt to disguise his liking for her.
Thames -- old Religious Houses for the most part, now disguised and pulled about beyond recognition, ranging right and left from the Ludgate itself: behind these rose again towers and roofs, and high above all the tall spire of the Cathedral, as if to gather all into one, culminant aspiration .... Come Rack! Come Rope!
His illness became a blessing in disguise, when he married his nurse.
As with gifts, people come in fancy wrapping that camouflages a dull interior, or plain wrapping that disguises a vibrant and exciting core.
But a few football games cannot disguise the reality of racial intolerance in that country. Times, Sunday Times
Even if you toast stale bread in an attempt to disguise the staleness, it's still stale.
Disguises are assumed, safes are blown, millions of dollars are heisted according to a completely new and clever scheme, but this is pure escapism.
Martin Buber claims three ways of discourses, namely, discourse proper, technical discourse, and monologue in disguise of discourse.
The government has disguised the true situation by clever manipulation of the figures.
What he has proved to be is a shrewd tactician and an astute responder to the public mood whose easy-going manner disguises some ruthless populism.
More clothes and disguises were needed, debts also needed to be repaid, and tracks covered.
He lived with a woman called Macy and travelled widely through Europe, returning to Ireland only on rare occasions, always in disguise.
Her artificial gaiety disguised an inner sadness.
He had spent his prime sequestered here, in this room, working from the shadows and in disguise. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
They just reappear periodically in a different disguise. Christianity Today
He asked that we disguise his voice and face, afraid of retribution by those who run the criminal enterprise.
‘I could teach you to play the guitar,’ I said, unable to disguise the eager tone in my voice.
The door windows are frameless, de rigueur for a coupé, and blacked-in edges to the rear side windows disguise the hefty centre pillars behind.
Perhaps they're hoping the the terms "trophoblast", "blastocoel", and "blastocyst" will disguise the fact that we're talking about a human being? A Doctor's Perspective on Stem Cell Research
I think this post is a thinly disguised form of asking for praise.
It will remove many administrative obstacles and disguised protectionist measures that individuals and companies can encounter when trying to work abroad. Times, Sunday Times
And after the trull has gadded about the country with young Montagu in all manner of disguises?" he continued. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
Otherwise, put on a wise face and disguise your baffled ignorance. Times, Sunday Times
When one considers that this story is coming from the same man who, in his first novel, used the prince in disguise framework to tell a story about a young man posthumously repairing his relationship with his adoptive father and rejecting the notion of monarchic rule, and who, in Perdido Street Station, has the protagonist practically sell himself into slavery in order to secure the services of a local mobster, Un Lun Dun seems downright conservative in its adherence to fantasy tropes, which hobbles the novel's emotional effect. You Know, For Kids
Another option is to disguise your radiators as skirtings.
Mousa fled in disguise from the palace of Boursa; traversed the Propontis in an open boat; wandered over the Walachian and Servian hills; and after some vain attempts, ascended the throne of Adrianople, so recently stained with the blood of Soliman. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
In the end the audience is also appreciative of people who are so undisguised.
I resented his moralizing tone, and couldn't resist a comeback, though I disguised it with a smile. BETTER THAN THIS
The raiders disguised themselves as security guards.
Frantz Fanon, a psychiatrist, psychologist, and an actor who disguised compromise and dastardliness, had argued the opinions of western world by reflecting his self-contradiction.
He used a disguise of a rubber mask and an old coat with a lapel studded with nails. Times, Sunday Times
he is a master of disguise
To this terrible, irrepressible yearning, (surely more or less down underneath in most human souls) this universal democratic comradeshipthis old, eternal, yet ever-new interchange of adhesiveness, so fitly emblematic of AmericaI have given in that book, undisguisedly, declaredly, the openest expression. Preface, 1876, To the Two-Volume Centennial Edition of L. of G. and “Two Rivulets.” Collect
Kentucky is in ATS slumps of 2-5 overall, 3-7 after an undisguised victory as well as 0-5 upon Wednesday, though! it is 1 1-3-1 ATS in a final 14 opposite Big East opponents. Wed 12-9 College Hoops Picks and Trends - College Basketball ...
The word person is Latin, instead whereof the Greeks have prosopon, which signifies the face, as persona in Latin signifies the disguise, or outward appearance of a man, counterfeited on the stage; and sometimes more particularly that part of it which disguiseth the face, as a mask or vizard: and from the stage hath been translated to any representer of speech and action, as well in tribunals as theatres. Leviathan
Khadra's Algiers is a labyrinth of political intrigue and corporate crime - or, more precisely, corporate crime disguised as political intrigue.

How To Use Disguise In A Sentence

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