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- noun Plural form of
masquerade . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
masquerade .
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Examples
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His majesty had no liking for the anniversaries of the Republic; some of which had always seemed to him odious and cruel, others ridiculous; and I have heard him express his indignation that they should have dared to make an annual festival of the anniversary of the 21st of January, and smile with pity at the recollection of what he called the masquerades of the theo-philanthropists, who, he said, "would have no Jesus Christ, and yet made saints of Fenelon and Las Casas -- Catholic prelates."
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
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His majesty had no liking for the anniversaries of the Republic; some of which had always seemed to him odious and cruel, others ridiculous; and I have heard him express his indignation that they should have dared to make an annual festival of the anniversary of the 21st of January, and smile with pity at the recollection of what he called the masquerades of the theo-philanthropists, who, he said, "would have no Jesus Christ, and yet made saints of Fenelon and Las Casas -- Catholic prelates."
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It can stand in for a whole literature of related texts in which feeling-expression masquerades as fact.
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Finally, there were festivals, called masquerades by Roy Strong, which combined drama, dance, and the serving of food.
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Finally, there were festivals, called masquerades by Roy Strong, which combined drama, dance, and the serving of food.
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It sounds more like Pale Fire than The Da Vinci Code to me: a work that "masquerades" as academic to make fun of academia.
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"I'm not going to get cancer," I respond immediately, without thinking, once again letting the gumball machine that masquerades as my mouth get away from me.
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Newton implies that he masquerades as "one of the guys."
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Newton implies that he masquerades as "one of the guys."
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"I'm not going to get cancer," I respond immediately, without thinking, once again letting the gumball machine that masquerades as my mouth get away from me.
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