mask
noun
a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
masklike
-
a word derived from
mask.
Example Sentences
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The new findings provide firm dates for two black images, a bison and a masklike figure, and reveal that parts of the artwork were created during widely separated periods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Johnson is prized for his “Broken Men” grids of anxious-seeming, masklike figures composed of shards of ceramic tile, mirror, shells and wood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Typically fever is accompanied by cognitive changes, headache and vomiting, and sometimes seizures or a masklike face, indicative of harm to the same neurons that are damaged in Parkinson’s disease.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2023
Most depict people, sometimes distilled to masklike faces, and often framed by or even immersed in foliage.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
The masklike face, the red eyes, and the bloody nose were classic signs of Ebola that appear in all primates infected with the virus, both monkeys and humans.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
