[ US /ˈɡaɪz/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈa‍ɪz/ ]
NOUN
  1. an artful or simulated semblance
    under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
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How To Use guise 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.
  • Don't tell me this is masquerading under the guise of some kind of tribute.
  • 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.
  • Anti-speed campaigners in Guiseley have been rewarding careful drivers with a smile.
  • By launching the commercial scheme in the guise of an athletic club it falls within the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association.
  • Other interesting ones include figures from Pieter Breughel, the tessellations of MC Escher, and the composite portraits of Guiseppe Arcimboldo (for instance, his Vertumnus and Water).
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