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Masquerade in a sentence

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Masquerade | Masquerades | Masqueraded | Masqueraders | Masquerader

Masquerade meaning

  1. An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
  2. The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
  3. An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.

Synonyms of Masquerade

disguise pose feigning simulation pretending pretence pretense costume masquerade costume fancy dress party mask masque masquerade party impersonate

Related words

Other words often associated with Masquerade or its synonyms:

dissembling deception deceit misrepresentation dissimulation attire color pretension concealment dress gloss hiding

Using Masquerade

  • The main meaning on this page is: An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. | The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball. | An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
  • Useful related words include: disguise, pose, feigning, simulation.
  • In the example corpus, masquerade often appears in combinations such as: masquerade ball, the masquerade, masquerade as.

Context around Masquerade

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

professional 1× traditional 1× cinematic 1× fraudsters 1× egungun 1× lavish 1× white 1× shaz 1× new 1× rainbow 1×

Often after:

ball 3× enthusiasts 1× fervour 1× party 1× bands 1× festival 1× masks 1× dance 1× grants 1× groups 1×

Sentence patterns with Masquerade

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a lavish masquerade ball and 1× a masquerade who goes 1× among different masquerade groups or 1× apprenticeship at masquerade in romsey 1× at a masquerade dance part 1× attempt to masquerade as a 1× by professional masquerade enthusiasts to 1× capulet s masquerade party 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a masquerade who 1× a second tory 1× as a feat 1× at a masquerade 1× before the coming 1× capital pride s 1×

Common sentence endings:

and betty purton 1× as the police 1× create the masterpieces 1× dessert and snacks 1× emissary of satan 1× groups or bands 1×

Words around Masquerade

Just before it in the word index:

masque 27 masq 2 maspeth 5 maspero 16 masp 2 masoyi 2

Just after it in the word index:

masqueraded 15 masquerader 4 masqueraders 7 masquerades 20 masquerading 78 masquerain 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abnormally 115 acrobatic 115 adm 115 allusions 115 amenable 115 anastasia 115

Corpus analysis for Masquerade

  • In this selection, "masquerade" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, professional, traditional, cinematic, ball, enthusiasts and fervour stand out and add context to how "masquerade" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a lavish masquerade ball and and a masquerade who goes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "masquerade" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with masquerade

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Katherine Museum is hosting a Masquerade Ball on July 15. (10 words)

Mas bands, short for masquerade bands, are one of the biggest parts of Carnival. (14 words)

The Shine for Shaz Masquerade Ball will be held on October 14 at the Ganmain Hall. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

As a feat of cinematic masquerade, it could hardly be pulled off with any more panache: The term “mockumentary” hardly feels appropriate for a film this reverent of its supposed form, and this toughly loving toward its human subject. (39 words)

This resulted in a variety of things, including the formation of the Camarilla as the organization to protect Kindred with the Masquerade, and Anarchs being their own entities provided they don’t breach it. (34 words)

The prince hosts a lavish masquerade ball, and as the night unfolds, the revelry takes a sinister turn: an unexpected guest arrives, who Prospero believes is an emissary of Satan. (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

He particularly noted that dancers are going to be trained by professional masquerade enthusiasts, to ensure their presentations are authentic and serves up the traditional masquerade fervour.

This novel, subtitled His Masquerade, has won general acclaim in modern times as a complex and mysterious exploration of issues of fraud and honesty, identity and masquerade.

As a feat of cinematic masquerade, it could hardly be pulled off with any more panache: The term “mockumentary” hardly feels appropriate for a film this reverent of its supposed form, and this toughly loving toward its human subject.

A second Tory attempt to masquerade as a local newspaper has been uncovered as voters go to the polls in three by-elections.

His boisterous friends Benvolio and Mercutio hope to bring him out of his lovesick depression by crashing Capulet’s masquerade party.

Katherine Museum is hosting a Masquerade Ball on July 15.

Mas bands, short for masquerade bands, are one of the biggest parts of Carnival.

Masquerade at the Yellowstone Art Museum is back in for another night of entertainment, dancing, mystics and so much more.

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Rachel said: “I have been extremely lucky to have enjoyed a wonderful career, starting my apprenticeship at Masquerade in Romsey, owned by Michael and Betty Purton.

The Egungun masquerade festival is an annual festival in Yoruba land that features masquerades believed to be the spirits of departed ancestors.

The prince hosts a lavish masquerade ball, and as the night unfolds, the revelry takes a sinister turn: an unexpected guest arrives, who Prospero believes is an emissary of Satan.

The royal couple were snapped with matching white masquerade masks of two entwining Indian elephants, where the trunks looped back on itself to create the masterpieces.

The Shine for Shaz Masquerade Ball will be held on October 14 at the Ganmain Hall.

This resulted in a variety of things, including the formation of the Camarilla as the organization to protect Kindred with the Masquerade, and Anarchs being their own entities provided they don’t breach it.

A masquerade who goes to the village market every day will soon lose his mask to little boys who would think he’s one of them and not a spirit.

At a masquerade dance, part of the fun is figuring out who was in which costume.

Before the coming of Nollywood, the Gringory character in the sitcom ‘New Masquerade’ had already done damage to the psyche of Akwa-Ibomites.

Capital Pride’s Rainbow Masquerade grants all ticketholders an open bar with a midnight champagne toast of dessert and snacks.

Costumed revellers participate in street parades and there is also competition among different masquerade groups or bands.

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Common combinations with masquerade

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "masquerade" in a sentence?
An example: "He particularly noted that dancers are going to be trained by professional masquerade enthusiasts, to ensure their presentations are authentic and serves up the traditional masquerade fervour." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "masquerade" from authentic English texts.
What does "masquerade" mean?
Masquerade means: An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
What are synonyms of "masquerade"?
Common synonyms of "masquerade" include: disguise, pose, feigning, simulation, pretending, pretence, pretense, costume. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "masquerade" are there?
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