Example Sentences

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Dissembling about his origins, she raises him as if she were his mother.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2010

Dissembling his knowledge of the prisoner, the President showed, by his address to the Court, that he had adopted the language as well as the habit of a fanatic.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

Dissembling her displeasure, she praised the hammer-cloth, and especially the fringe.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria

Dissembling his wrath, Osceola consented to the treaty.

From A Brief History of the United States by Barnes & Co.

Dissembling enough, he was not sufficiently oily and make-believe.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore