How to Use disguise in a Sentence

disguise

1 of 2 verb

• She disguised herself in a wig and glasses.
• He tried to disguise his voice on the phone but I could tell it was him.
• We disguised the fact that we were disappointed.
• Bee-Like Robber Fly Which is the bee and which is the fly disguised as a bee?
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2023
• That should not disguise, though, how much there is left to do.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• The lamp can disguise as an accent piece on a shelf or desk, whether it’s turned on or off.
  — Lindsey Lanquist, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• The star may have fooled the judges during his time on the show, but his kids knew right away that their dad was disguised as Piglet.
  — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• The careening chaos can disguise how hooky the bones of their songs are, but that’s a hardcore trick too.
  — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
• In 2021, over a quarter of all the fentanyl seized by law enforcement was disguised in the form of a pill.
  — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
• In the forest, joined by her cousin Celia, she’s disguised as a man to avoid detection.
  — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• Some have come in the form of intentional lies disguised as truth.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• The heating wires were very noticeable when lying on the bed, and the pad didn’t have enough filling to disguise the feel of the wires.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2023
• Fievel is sold to a sweatshop by Warren T. Rat, a cat disguised as a rat.
  — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
• All the high-end fixtures and plush, fluffy towels in the world can’t disguise the fact that a bathroom is meant for business.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2024
• The payload is often disguised as a rock or piece of trash in case a guard spots it in the prison before it can be retrieved.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• The better news: Rice is a multitalented artist disguised as the nice girl from The Nice Guys.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2024
• The formula is able to disguise old stains and prevent new ones from settling.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2023
• The shed is short enough to disguise easily behind a fence, yet still roomy enough to store mowers, bikes, trash cans, and more.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
• The joke disguised the truth that the spotlight has never found Zubac more than in his eighth season, and sixth since joining the Clippers.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024
• One was disguised as a woman in a headscarf and holding a bundle meant to look like a baby.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Others fought their way through the legal system, left the country or disguised themselves in hopes for a free life.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• Think vertically to help disguise the walls and soften the space.
  — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
• And there's no need to disguise yourself in lots of layers and Gucci made a beautiful dress.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• Olivia Rodrigo may just be a rockstar disguised as a pop princess.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
• With the help of two strange yet amusing new friends, Taka must fight against a pack of gun-slinging monster cats disguised as women.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• The show kicked off its Season 10 on Sunday with a massive star disguised as Anonymouse.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
• On the tail is the name Geran-2—written in Russian Cyrillic characters as a ploy to disguise the drone’s true origin.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
• McCarthy wants to disguise his run and pass schemes to keep defenses guessing.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• The clean precision of the typewritten words couldn’t disguise their anguish.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• The pleats on its front convincingly disguise the style as a skirt, but the back looks like a pair of trouser shorts with a back button pocket.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023

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disguise

2 of 2 noun

• The famous thief is known to be a master of disguise.
• He wore a disguise of glasses, a fake mustache, and a cap.
• In disguise as her friend, Ha-ri shows up to a blind date to scare him away.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 27 Feb. 2022
• The real Gary did slight disguises, but not to the extent in the film.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2023
• The only catch: the helpers were USC students in disguise.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• Williams said the loss to Parish was somewhat a blessing in disguise.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 23 Nov. 2022
• In the end, Gerke’s injury could be a blessing in disguise.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• The duo feel left out of the new viral dance craze but learn that it’s a monster-in-disguise.
  — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
• Delays to the initial launch also proved to be a blessing in disguise for the brand.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• There ain’t going to be no tricks or disguises, any of that kind of stuff.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
• The plank of wood Jared shipped to Forsland—eight feet long, two feet wide and one inch thick—arrived in disguise.
  — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
• Dressed in a Shrek disguise, Devine shot his driving scenes on green screen in a studio.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
• Second, the props and disguises were misguided for a space as large as the Shed.
  — Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• Check out the fan’s disguise in the interview clip below.
  — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 1 July 2023
• Is that third Hemsworth brother wearing a disguise in the deep background of one shot?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Pete Davidson and Michelle Yeoh's next roles take the form of robots in disguise.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• And Thor is wearing some sort of disguise that shouldn’t fool anyone.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 June 2022
• The hard-fought primary, Kemp tells me, was a blessing in disguise.
  — Time, 7 Oct. 2022
• For Gostling, the move home ended up being a blessing in disguise.
  — Kate Springer, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
• Like so many other sea creatures, the box crab is a master of disguise.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
• In the pictures below, Watson is in the shotgun and able to see the entire field and the disguise of the Titans’ defense.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 21 July 2022
• In protest of game laws, the Blacks killed deer in Hampshire and Windsor Forest, their faces blacked with soot as a disguise.
  — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022
• Marie goes out for one test drive in disguise and comes back vomiting from the tightness of her corset.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
• Adam, your most recent attempt at a disguise failed to trick Ben and Sam in Season 7.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
• The calling card of the salty 57-year-old veteran coach is disguise and surprise.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2022
• Over the course of season 1, viewers learned that the orcs were being led not by Sauron (who was in disguise) but by a dark elf named Adar.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2022
• Proud of her disguise, Pink also posted a selfie of her wearing her mask in the car.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• With his disguise, Macaling and his army of demons snuck into Bali and destroyed the island.
  — Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
• New levels of stealth have come into play, like Mr. Slapikas’s tourist disguise.
  — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• Part of the disguise is an electronic voice changer on the throat (again, indebted to Ethan Hunt and friends).
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024