imposture

[ UK /ɪmpˈɒstjɔː/ ]
NOUN
  1. pretending to be another person
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How To Use imposture In A Sentence

  • He is generous and tolerant of the young and aspiring, but a merciless adversary when he detects a dominating, powerful academic figure in pomposity or imposture.
  • He calls for the magicians, who more than once had been detected in imposture. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Oh,'tis imposture all: And as no chemic yet the elixir got, THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • A sketch of so many calamities does not seem but a massive record of impostures, and even from such a tender age the cruel lashings made me aware of my humble condition.
  • No, instead the two of them went to Paris where they could try out the imposture on the De Chantals first. DOUBLE DECEIT
  • So when the air is heavy with imposture, and men live only to make money, and the service of God is become a thing of words and ceremonies, and the kingdom of heaven is bought and sold, and all that is high and pure in man is smothered by corruption -- fire of the same kind bursts out in higher natures with a fierceness which cannot be controlled; and, confident in truth and right, they call fearlessly on the seven thousand in Israel who have not bowed the knee to Baal to rise and stand by them. Short Studies on Great Subjects
  • But we do hate all impostures and lies; insomuch as we have severely forbidden it to all our fellows.
  • Before I could tell her about the inadvertent imposture that had occurred, she walked off the show in a huge huff with both signatures in hand.
  • But, come now, just admit the idea of imposture into that honest, unsuspicious mind of yours, and you'll find the whole thing wears a very doubtful appearance directly. Put Yourself in His Place
  • His imposture was an attempt to gain some self-esteem.
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