masquerade
noun
a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
had been masquerading
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past perfect progressiveof masquerade.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Qurayshi had been masquerading as a Syrian man from the city of Aleppo, said the owner of the building in an interview with Sham, a Syrian pro-opposition news channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
She and her husband Mietek had been masquerading as Catholic Poles with false papers.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2016
In an instant the man who had been masquerading as a buffoon was again the commanding officer, stern and alert.
From South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time by Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson
He exposed, perhaps with too little finesse, the nakedness of Naturalism, and tore off that mantle of idealism under which it had been masquerading.
From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick
Supposing it were true—supposing Max had been masquerading under another name all the time—then this suggestive little paragraph contained a clue from which she might perhaps unravel the whole hateful mystery.
From The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler
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