Example Sentences

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He does so with an air of entitled smarm, as if Goofus had disguised himself as Gallant and turned to inept virtue signaling to complete the ruse.

From Slate • May 16, 2024

Police said they had arrested five people who had disguised themselves as workers to carry out the protest action overnight.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2023

That’s when Kravchenko confessed, according to Habany: She had disguised herself as a man, with pants that she had taken from him, a wig and a piece of fabric to “flatten her chest.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022

In 2010 she ordered the deportation of 10 Russian spies who had disguised themselves as ordinary Americans.

From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2018

He had disguised the event as a football rally, strictly for students, without the inhibition of the teachers being present.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier