disguise
verb (used with object)
to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb.
were disguising
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past progressiveof disguise.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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Maybe they were disguising themselves, but still, they oftentimes used the word “I.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Maya and Catalina’s school once sent a warning to parents: Kidnappers were disguising themselves as nuns and clowns.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
DeMoro tweeted a photo she said proved Clinton volunteers were disguising themselves.
From Time ● Feb. 23, 2016
It is arch, confident, and half diffident, as if he were disguising his pleasure at applause, while another bright gleam of fancy was breaking on him.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
I know the gentleman would not say that his ancestors were disguising in a particular name an evil, and thereby adopting it.
From The Slavery Question Speech of Hon. John M. Landrum, of La., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 27, 1860 by John M. Landrum
