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Example sentences for "disguising"

Lexicographically close words:
disgracious; disgruntled; disguise; disguised; disguises; disguisings; disgust; disgusted; disgustedly; disgustful
  1. In both writers recourse is had to them for the legitimate purpose of emphasising thought, not for that of disguising its insufficiency.

  2. Some of the most striking of the former kind have already been noticed as sources of error, or at least of disguising ignorance, in his reasoning, viz.

  3. That he had been carried off by the Fairies, was implicitly believed by all, who did not reflect, that a man may have private reasons for leaving his own country, and for disguising his having intentionally done so.

  4. After the battle, he escaped discovery, by flying into a house at Hamilton, belonging to one of his tenants, and disguising himself in female attire.

  5. I don't understand this disguising love under a show of coldness--seeming to hate where the heart pants and glows with devotion.

  6. But Hasamurti sprang to her side, and insisted with tears on disguising herself as her mistress and staying behind to provide one slim chance for the rest to escape.

  7. Your son's illness could not be cured without a liver taken from a live fox, so to repay your kindness I killed my cub and took out its liver; then its sire, disguising himself as a messenger, brought it to your house.

  8. It is of no use disguising it from ourselves.

  9. There is no disguising it," he said, "our position is a very critical one.

  10. A valuable carminative; also useful in disguising the taste of disagreeable drugs, especially castor oil, and obviating their tendency to cause nausea and griping.

  11. At the London University they have a way of disguising English, described by Albert Smith as the Gower-street Dialect, which consists in transposing the initials of words, e.

  12. The Language of Ziph, I may add, is another rude mode of disguising English, in use among the students at Winchester College.

  13. Disguising his voice, with his mouth close to the partition, he said: “You’re a liar!

  14. Instantly, Del Mar flung himself from the closet, disguising his voice.

  15. Take her inside," he ordered disguising his voice.

  16. Certainly I have known persons of very grave pursuits, of very dignified character and position, who seem to regain the vivacity of boyhood when disguising look and voice for a part in some drawing-room comedy or charade.

  17. Nevertheless the sorrowful Nisa believing that Celio desired to kill her, not knowing what Pamphilus had told him of her disguising herself in the habit of a pilgrim; so soon as she heard of his freedom, fled secretly from Barcelona.

  18. Disguising himself in some articles of native attire, Burnes accompanied the man to the door.

  19. If we do it is all up with us, Major; there is no disguising that.

  20. There is no disguising the fact that it means a general rising through Oude, and in that case God help the women and children.

  21. The pale face, cleansed of blood and disguising color, the long hair, still damp from the surgeon's sponge, lay rigidly back on the pillow.

  22. It brought her white fingers, cleaned of their disguising stains, as a sudden revelation to her of what had happened; she instantly slipped them back under the coverlet again.

  23. Hundreds of girls take fancies for disguising themselves; and hundreds of instances of it are related year after year, in the public journals.

  24. She has a natural gift for assuming characters, which I have never seen equalled by a woman; and she has performed in public until she has felt her own power, and trained her talent for disguising herself to the highest pitch.

  25. Mr. Archer says the flaw is that the theory provides no motive whatever for Drood’s disguising himself as Datchery.

  26. Miss Stirling Graeme, the author of Mystifications, had a marvellous power of disguising herself.

  27. If Wilkie Collins made an admirable heroine of Magdalen Vanstone disguising herself variously, why should not Dickens succeed in making a character as wonderful and more attractive of Helena Landless?

  28. The doctor threw down the precipice the stone which covered the mouth of it, which fell with a monstrous crash; on which Mr. and Mrs. Colclough came forth, dressed in the meanest habits of peasants for the purpose of disguising themselves.

  29. Mrs. Stoutenburgh deferred her disguising till she should need it, being in the first place to be the catcher, not the caught.

  30. Disguising his inward protest by a light laugh he said: "I could shake hands with almost any one on such a mutual understanding.

  31. Hastening down she was overjoyed to hear her father's voice, and when he entered she clung to him, and kissed him with such energy that his heavy beard came off, and his disguising wig was all awry.

  32. Hastily disguising himself as he had done before, he again summoned his faithful servant.

  33. That gentleman greeted the young man courteously, disguising his surprise and curiosity.

  34. There was stuff in him, as there had been in his boyhood, when he had done well at his school; and it showed up now, to the disguising of what might have turned her against him.

  35. I should say that Mr. Fred Comfrey was a nasty specimen, even if he has succeeded in disguising it, as he used not to.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "disguising" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.