masquerade
noun
a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
was masquerading
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past progressiveof masquerade.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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The centre, which is about 100km north of Manila, was masquerading as an online gambling firm, they said.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
Rodgers said 3M was "masquerading as the hapless wrong party defendant and purposefully ambushing the other side with a wholly contrived strategic position," and she barred it from "shifting blame to the Aearo defendants".
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
I was masquerading as a golfer, living with the premier guys on the golf team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2021
It was a favorite of mine because the world it described was concrete, although it was masquerading as imagined.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
Abel had to laugh over one of the bears, who was masquerading as a mouse.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
