mask
noun
a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
was masking
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past progressiveof mask.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Last year, she reunited with filmmaker Nicole Holofcener for “You Hurt My Feelings,” playing a writer devastated to learn that her beloved husband was masking his dislike of her belabored novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
But some economists argued that worker hoarding was masking weakness in the economy, pointing to worker productivity, which slumped in the first quarter.
From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2023
While he was putting up a controlled front, his closest associates believed he was masking his anxiety.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
We know now he was masking his anxiety and possibly couldn't really express his difficulties very well.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
He seemed harmless, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that his accommodating manner, his eagerness to help us, was masking something unpleasant, something more sinister in him.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
