masquerade
noun
a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
were 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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Haiti's ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, said the gunmen were masquerading as U.S.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2021
Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, Bocchit Edmond, said the gunmen were masquerading as U.S.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2021
Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to the U.S., described the attackers as “well trained professional commandos” and “foreign mercenaries” who were masquerading as U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
As on Twitter, many of those accounts were masquerading as belonging to U.S. activist organizations.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2018
You were masquerading in a madonna front, and a Grecian knot at the nape of your neck.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
