masked ball
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masked ball
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Missions involved everything from decrypting pictograms to infiltrating a masked ball.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021
Watch Laurence Harvey’s rosy-cheeked, auburn-curled Romeo’s heart break at the masked ball in Renato Castellani’s courtly Technicolor movie from 1954.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2021
A young man longs to reunite with a beautiful dancer that he met at a masked ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
But the auction is a masked ball crossed with a gladiatorial show in a secret basement.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2019
When we arrived, Father went in straightaway to see to details of the ceremony and of the masked ball that would follow.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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