单词 | disguise |
例句 | Reentering the pantry, he removed a large jar of boysenberry preserves, pulling another jar forward from the second row to disguise the absence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t disguised my number, so I thought he might. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Though she tried, she couldn’t disguise how worried she was that he’d die. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “So she’ll be doing what you said he did, actual magic disguised as stage illusions. Did she do that at the audition?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Two years ago, at Percy’s freshman orientation, he and their friend Rachel Dare had been attacked by empousai disguised as cheerleaders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I demand he be put off the train at the next stop, along with any other disguised scythes he’s traveling with.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She watched animals, birds, and insects which disguised themselves as leaves or twigs or other animals to escape from things that could hurt them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I was teasing him, for I thought no disguise was sufficient to hide Cristiana’s manner. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Harry supposed that as Hogsmeade was the only all-wizard village in Britain, it was a bit of a haven for creatures like hags, who were not as adept as wizards at disguising themselves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She was sure by now that they weren’t going to perform the operation on her yet, and sure too that her disguise as Lizzie Brooks was secure; so she risked a question. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Alas, I am of no use. I neither pray nor work,” I say, not able to disguise my bitterness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sure enough, disguised on a charm bracelet, she found a tiny golden key matching the other two. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Koffi scoffed before she could stop herself, then tried to disguise it as a cough. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Two weeks later he made a move that inevitably revealed the extent of his high regard for them, though he tried to disguise it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was also a common practice to disguise wood as another kind of building material. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z These “traps” were covered with sticks and leaves as if to disguise them, and the hunters lurked in the false undergrowth. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Thanks to Delphi’s brilliant preparation work, we are going to take this potion and be transformed, and thus disguised we will be able to enter the Ministry of Magic. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Picking her out of this crowd at Grand Trunk is as difficult for me as identifying guests in my parents’ wedding album, where all the faces wear the disguise of youth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps wearing a disguise, you would look around the bank and observe security guards, cameras, and other obstacles, so you could plan how to avoid capture or death during your burglary. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She was disguised as a crazy old bag lady, smiling and singing an Ancient Greek lullaby as her leathery hands gripped Percy’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Yet Alice Manfred swore she heard a complicated anger in it; something hostile that disguised itself as flourish and roaring seduction. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The young woman’s free, affectionate, adventurous personality fascinated him, and her appearance of a disguised rat aroused in him a tortured eagerness to protect her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear boy! Arthur told me you were here, disguised....I am so glad, so honored!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Peeta genuinely seems to enjoy this station, swirling a combination of mud and clay and berry juices around on his pale skin, weaving disguises from vines and leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I trust the dwindling fire to disguise us as I run my hand up his back, touching each tattoo without seeing it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The discontent in my voice was poorly disguised. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I’m not out to match it with the curtains or disguise it to look like something it's not. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Uncle Arthur disguised his own tears by picking up Laney and burying his head in her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Or hide your book in its birthday suit—after all, sometimes no disguise is the best disguise of all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Only one way to find out,” says the monster disguised as my father. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He hastily disguised himself by replacing his red coat with a purple one and putting on a round civilian hat. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The mestizos can barely disguise their prejudice; the indi'genas can barely suppress their resentment. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What? You’ve been going to school with a hag in disguise?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes you were expected to tell the truth, to express your thoughts and your feelings, and then other times what was wanted was a lie, a bit of disguise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Two of the boys were girls in disguise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Lancelot was always a martyr to his feelings, never any good at disguising them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A collaboration, it seemed to her, was a thinly disguised capitulation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Whatever he was, whether a demon in disguise or just a simple goatherd, it didn’t matter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The crimes committed by Enron included hidden partnerships, disguised debt, and the manipulation of energy markets. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z How clever they’d thought themselves, but their disguise had done them no good! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z André refused, for he was well aware that if he disguised himself, he could be hanged as a spy; if he was captured in uniform, he would live as a prisoner of war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She had decided to restore Rebeca's corpse, to disguise with paraffin the damage to her face and make a wig for her from the hair of the saints. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “O.K. O.K. I’m insane, too. I’ll go along with you. Besides some of the complications are getting interesting, even though some are dull. How will you disguise your handwriting?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She skulked around bushes and hid behind the skinny trunk of a birch tree, which wouldn’t have actually disguised anything if Drew happened to turn around as he crossed the street. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Virgin’s robe was slightly chipped, which Celia disguised with a spray of artificial flowers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d left his walking stick behind in the ditch, and whatever pain he might have been feeling, he disguised it well. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Wights were supposed to be masters of disguise, but this one was clearly not a star pupil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It’s my own fault. I used hair remover when I ran away, to disguise myself.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m still around, but from here on in, for reasons I’m not at liberty to disclose, I’ve disguised myself so cunningly that even the cleverest reader will fail to recognize me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Your safety is only as good as your disguise. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought he was reassuring her, because that’s what selfless people do, but now I wonder if he was repeating something he had studied; if all his Abnegation tendencies were just Erudite traits in disguise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Sent into Washington’s camp disguised as a peddler, she would bring back solid reports on the number of cannon and the number of Continental troops, regiment by regiment. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “There will be other soldiers. But who says they can’t be Patriots in disguise?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I feel the gun digging into my back, disguised by my baggy shirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The wolves had shed their disguises as well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When we went up in the London Eye with Dad the next day, I’d noticed a time when you could put a disguise on with nobody noticing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I said the rejection of majority rule by the government was a poorly disguised attempt to preserve power. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The plastic box was disguised to look exactly like a pack of gum. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “As a...I don’t know. His dæmon would have to be disguised as well.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Why would you disguise your identity in a letter? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Hey, does your amnesia have something to do with your silly disguises?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had no idea of the astonishing acts of heroism, the blinding light, contained within his outward, humdrum disguise. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z When they tried to smile to carry off their tiredness as if it was nothing, the body did nothing to help the mind’s attempt at disguise. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “So the fact that it’s called an arts center isn’t just a clever disguise.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This one was not a request disguised as anything. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It has been estimated that as many as 400 women cut their hair short, disguised themselves as men, and fought as soldiers on both sides. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Rudyard’s voice was steely and he didn’t bother to disguise the threat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Even within their own agency, they did their best to disguise who had done the actual work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Ever since they’d entered the fens he had been more and more good tempered, as if the savage gloom his face showed outside were only a disguise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When I took on the disguise of a polite young lady, I could often escape her closer scrutiny. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z No garb could disguise her plainness, though; the huge freckled hands, the wide flat face, the thrust of her teeth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Still, what would he think if he knew Håkon was a dragon in disguise? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Well, I didn’t just do that to disguise my writing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Franklin disguised the leaflets as tobacco packets so the Hessians would be more likely to pick them up. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces are covered with dark fabric, disguising all but their eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She kept talking, muttering about Mexico, throwing her Mata Hari disguise on the beat-up sofa. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sometimes offer Rosmerta my custom, or else visit the Hog’s Head...or I appear to. It is as good a way as any of disguising one’s true destination.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But there had always been a gentle side to Matty, even when he had disguised it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z ‘You’re all I’ve got. Mum isn’t talking to me. Auntie Glo thinks I’m Satan in disguise. Dad’s home from work now, but he just shakes his head every time I open my mouth.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the Ngoni reached the hill, the Chewa warriors had disguised themselves as green grass and slayed the intruders with knives and spears. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Although he took great care to disguise it, Julian was quite an observant creature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He brought them all presents, including Joe—who got a six-pack of beer, disguised in wrapping paper. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In the gift shop, Gogol buys a postcard of the house and a ballpoint pen disguised as a quill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But inwardly Hatsue felt no serenity; her calm was a practiced disguise. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The first question to rise in my throat is Why didn’t you guys come up? but maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z "You cannot carry a five-foot sword around New York. Not unless it could disguise itself." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The graying hair on the back of his head was swept forward, a comical arrangement to disguise his bald spot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A name that was not a joke, nor a disguise, nor a brand name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer disguised as a domesticated donkey, the nagual, dressed in a soiled black robe, was standing over a huge bubbling cauldron. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Who would question a boy with that many patches on his shirt? Besides, it was the only disguise I could find that came with a hat.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I cover my mouth with my hand to disguise my smile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z For after 1765 Copley freely adapted and combined motifs from different prints in his paintings, often disguising their origins so completely that we cannot be certain which they were. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Weaver brought the blind request to Raymond Fosdick, disguised as a grant application “for expediting the construction of the giant cyclotron, and for the purchase of certain associated equipment.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Later that night, after everyone had gone home, I stayed awake in my bed, wondering what on earth Carmen meant about wearing a disguise. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It featured a heroine in disguise, a perilous sea voyage, rogues and brigands, and deep forests in which to become lost, perhaps forever. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I think about men and their facial hair, and the opportunities for disguise and concealment they have always at their disposal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much of a disguise, but it would have to do, on the off chance he saw another human being between Harvey’s and home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z His carefully chosen disguise was his only protection. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The very idea of disguising a good spyglass as a bad kaleidoscope made Reynie laugh with pleasure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Arthur and Harold made their way to Swaziland disguised as priests, then flew to Tanganyika. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Niran was a tall man with a closely cropped black beard; his hands and face were streaked with dirt, but it could not disguise his surprise and joy at seeing Shae. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My favorite show was Mr. Chameleon, about this detective who worked in disguise. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The empty words could not disguise the fact that his parents’ moldering remains lay beneath snow and stone, indifferent, unknowing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The thinly disguised hopefulness in her voice when she suggests that I stay behind. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "Hullo," I said, in a low, disguised voice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After dark the operatives got back into their disguises. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “The Facebook event page is done, and it’s disguised as best I could as a party invitation.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “We’d recognize him! Unless, that is, he was disguised as someone else.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z McCandless had tried to disguise the fact that he was a drifter living out of a backpack: He told his fellow employees that he lived across the river in Laughlin. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see you figured out how to remove your disguise.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “So the trouble you kids got into with Billy Deel was actually a blessing in disguise,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This is a question disguised as a sentence. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We have disguises that, perhaps with some embellishments from Tigris’s furry stock, could get us safely there. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But Detective Allan Pinkerton ruined the scheme by persuading Lincoln to pass through the city in disguise, several hours ahead of schedule. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sundays I used to walk to the garage and disguise myself in helmet, goggles, old raincoat and rubber waders and ride all over Derbyshire. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As I slid on my choice of disguise, my arms felt like they were going to hurst through the fabric. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With this, he dropped his disguise and stood before her a radiant youth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept away from other people, worried that they’d see through her disguise. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “No,” Ash answered, for she did not know what a fairy horse disguised as an ordinary one would eat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Though a large vase of flowers had been placed on a desk in front of the small window, their perfume could not disguise the lingering smell of what Harry thought was gunpowder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The group of men clustered on the front steps did not look like angels, but they could have been in disguise. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I established a protocol of secrecy disguised as an air of mystery. My counsel is the reason this venue moves from location to location unannounced. It benefits both players.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In preparation, men and women borrowed each other’s finery and planned fanciful disguises. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We still disguised our avatars before we went out, because we knew there would be tabloid headlines galore if Parzival and Art3mis started showing up in public together on a regular basis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She disguised it surprisingly well on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "That's a clever disguise so you don't know how valuable it is," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “This is a blessing in disguise,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to ask him! Why didn’t he steal a suit for me, too? Then I could have disguised myself as a man.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Some pronouns are so well disguised that you may not be able to tell one from another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That really hurt Mama, and we spent hours thinking of recipes that included cheese and disguising it so Pap wouldn’t know he was eating it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He scanned the crowds of tourists, wondering if they were regular mortals or monsters in disguise, like those eidolons who’d chased them in Rome. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Gaily’s psycho. You can’t put too much stock in his rambling nonsense. What, you think Thomas here is a Griever in disguise?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z If Cersei has someone stalking me tonight, he must be disguised as a rat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were all being terribly concerned, saying how awful it must be for me, but I could see it on their faces: thinly disguised disapproval. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Wearing their disguises, they photographed the entry and exit points of Dr. Fielding’s office building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The dance floor was crowded with kids dressed in every imaginable disguise. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “About nine o’clock on Wednesday,” Harper's Weekly reported, “a large party, disguised and armed, assailed the Hospital on two sides at the same time; one squad forced the gate, and the other scaled the wall.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The next day, I dug through my clothes for a disguise that would make me unrecognizable to Wilfrido, yet cool to Carmen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Which meant that no one else had discovered that it was a palace in disguise. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Now, Andrew led such a luxurious life that you might have thought he was the Shah of Persia in disguise. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z There is a moment of each dawn that appears disguised as dusk, Lourdes decides, and for that brief moment the day neither begins nor ends. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the books she read, every stream might be a river god, every tree a dryad in disguise, every old woman a powerful fairy, every pebble an enchanted soul. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had not dared to rebel, he had gone back into the Red Room every holiday, feigning interest, acquiring knowledge, disguising his fear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He churned through the same line of questioning with Nasser, always disguising it with good cheer and innocent curiosity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As we walk toward the guards, the intensity of her gaze is impossible to disguise. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then they walked out of the tent with Spurge disguised, forcing Werfel before him, jabbing him in the neck with the pike. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Many people chose to visit this part of the Barrel in disguise—in veils or masks or capes with nothing but the glint of their eyes visible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It seems I’m becoming the weapon in disguise for more people than I’d like. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I wonder how old they think they are, underneath the disguise of their bodies; or how old they think I am. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That night Matthias slept inside a long hollow log with both ends disguised to make it appear solid. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He throws himself at me, or he cunningly sneaks up behind, sometimes in disguise—a goat, a dog, a sickly old woman—and I roll on the floor with laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the weather for trying out his new disguise, he thought, as the sun warmed the back of his sturdy neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a good runner, and would quickly open up ten, fifteen yards between him and the rest, maybe thinking this would disguise the fact that no one wanted to run with him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And biology was perfecting my disguise day by day. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But behind that veil, many believed, was often a thinly disguised contempt for the fundamental social changes taking place at the school, and on the west side of town in general. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look like a man in all points. It is an excellent disguise.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Shay looked away, stripping off the rest of her disguise in silence. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I had expected to see myself disguised, but this was something else. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z People tried to hide their identities, disguised their family histories, and even changed their names to protect themselves and their children. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My heroine would be myself, only in disguise. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As the two heroes explored the strange country, Venus disguised as a huntress appeared to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel sure, though, that her cheerful acceptance was itself a disguise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It was still a book, and reading it would be better than listening to any more of Granddad’s insults disguised as life lessons. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “He is given to many disguises. He is a veritable will-o’-the-wisp, scurrying here and there in his never- ending search for marauders. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We met up with Ayanna and Chestnutt at a giant plaza filled with fountains disguised as statues, and flowering bushes shaped to look like animals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z You could have food sent up for me, and I’ll be lurking in disguise in a shadowy corner when you answer the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was one of their grandmother’s requests disguised as a suggestion, one which seemed innocuous enough, that Caroline attend Radcliffe College. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Told you that disguise was genius,” whispered Somkit, pulling him inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I kept checking his face for a sign he was lying, a sign that would've been easy to see because he didn't have any hair to disguise it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He reached for the sugar shaker now, and I stood there feeling suddenly that the old man before me was not Brother Maceo at all, but someone else disguised to confuse me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Often he was able to enter her presence in disguise, now as a rude reaper bringing her a basket of barley-ears, now as a clumsy herdsman, or a vine-pruner. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gally’s psycho. You can’t put too much stock in his rambling nonsense. What, you think Thomas here is a Griever in disguise?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "What better disguise for a thief or a murderer than a wheelchair, the perfect alibi." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness disguised the rising structures’ true form, but I could tell they were slotted and made of wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I moved impulsively, forgetting my disguise until almost upon him, then checked myself and put my disguise once more to a test. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In a warehouse near the tracks, they changed into the Peacekeeper outfits and, disguised, were able to make it onto a boxcar full of fabric on a train headed to District 6. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “It would be best if you wore a disguise.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This time he didn’t try to disguise the hurt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think that was the Dragon King in disguise? Do you think it was a test?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie put the book about creatures who were masters of disguise back in its place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “What if I disguised myself as a boy?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He did not bother to disguise the blind man’s trap, as it was hot and he was eager to get home to his new wife. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The night at the hospital flashes through my thoughts—my disguise, Metias watching me as I entered the hospital, the young doctor I'd held hostage, the bullets bouncing off the refrigerators. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z No. A disguise was one thing, but Sam Westing lose a game of chess? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The layer of mud and the bottles of water have disguised the fact that he's burning with fever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But she approved of the idea of disguise as well. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z With his zombie Death Mist disguise, Percy probably looked like he was grimacing in pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The girl laughed delightedly, evidently taking this as a tribute to the excellence of her disguise. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But here, in this loud, bright place, surrounded by gentiles disguised as saints, I clung to every truth, every doctrine he had given me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It may not be amiss to mention that a good judge of style could often recognize a knight in armour, even if be was disguised and bearing the vergescu. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut up a great ox and wrapped the good eatable parts in the hide, disguising them further by piling entrails on top. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s used to describe political movements that whip up hate and fear against outsiders and try to disguise them as patriotism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But as the century went on it became less necessary to adopt such a disguise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a tangled knot of fears and deceits and dark struggles for power that had disguised itself and almost destroyed everything. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z They had come up with the plan to disguise themselves and get the information from the Hall of Elders, and now they were putting that plan in motion. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Still the wife’s brother muttered that the husband was a lion disguised as a man and still he refused to do anything with his brother-in-law. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The guns were on their way to the drop-off point, the mission disguised as a school ride for us kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z His stare was blunt; it did not care to disguise itself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There are lessons in foreign languages, social customs, literature, martial arts, the use of firearms, disguises, various accents, methods of forgery, and fine points of the law. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Old age,” she says, “is a powerful disguise.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Jesper laid down another series of shots, sketching a wild formation he hoped would disguise their location. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Fiction provided a useful disguise for dangerous ideas such as the atheism and materialism of Cyrano. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Medical science does not seal the earth, whose nether creatures seep out, hair by hair, disguised like the smoke that dispels them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He could probably see it on my face, especially since just like him, I didn't have no hair on it to disguise it either. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The next course arrives and Celia returns to listening and observing, in between trying to figure out if the meat disguised in feather-light pastry and delicate wine sauce is actually lamb or something more exotic. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Tell him too,” she said, “never to pluck flowers, and to think every bush may be a goddess in disguise.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But because ambition succeeds best when disguised by virtue, he wanted to furnish the Alliance with an animating ideology—a manifest destiny, as it were, or mission civilisatrice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was as if the fierce mustache was a disguise. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z They say she’s a woman that isn’t really a woman at all, but is a snake in disguise. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Every problem is a solution in disguise,” Shanti said, echoing one of the Miss Teen Dream manual’s affirmations. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A medical evacuation Jeep got me through disguised as a corpse all the way to Bikoki, an old rubber plantation settlement outside of Coquilhatville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As if the scarf was something worn under duress, only in the company of Zeitoun, a disguise she could shed when he was not around. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He was not a man but simply disguised as one. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When Rabscuttle came back, he helped El-ahrairah to disguise his horrible, maimed head with two dock leaves in place of ears, and after a while they slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He added some Italian junk food to the basket, just to sort of disguise his more suspicious purchases, then dumped his stuff at the register. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maybe the Jade Key was disguised as one of those toy plastic whistles, and it was hidden in a box of Cap’n Crunch cereal….But where was that cereal box hidden? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a silly disguise, but no one seemed to recognize me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There sat the Prince’s copy, disguised as a new book, and there sat the fresh copy from Flourish and Blotts, looking thoroughly secondhand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When Odysseus came home, disguised as a beggar, Iros thought the new guy was moving in on his territory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘I hope our disguises hold up. The suitors were nasty customers when they were alive. If they find out we’re demigods ‘Hazel’s magic will work,’ Piper said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His data had looked perfectly normal, disguised to be indistinguishable from an average player’s—I hadn’t even seen any shields installed to protect his info. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I found myself wondering which of them were really Tang men and which might be demons in disguise. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I won’t. I will keep up your disguise as a big dork, when in fact you’d be like the most popular girl in school.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z His face has burns, too, but not enough to disguise that he was a man. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She is by far the most attractive member of the family, yet she spends most of her time and money disguising herself beneath prosthetic humps and appliquéd skin diseases. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Is there no end to his disguises, of benevolence? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It has thrown off its disguise as a meal and has revealed itself to me for what it is, a large dead bird. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My father, in his old age, had taken to traveling in disguise to enjoy the pleasures of common life. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I pray you, do not accuse me of dishonesty,” I say, disguising my fear with careful words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even his horn-rimmed glasses seemed like a disguise. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The note was not signed, and the handwriting was heavily disguised. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Each visit was presaged by trips to the seamstress to fit a new dress or disguise an old one, and each time they returned there was fresh news about the royal court. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They thought she was a man in disguise. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Angela, disguised in her mother's old beaver coat and hat and in Turtle's red boots, was the first one out. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “But I haven’t,” says the unchallenged lord of all and everything, in sport disguised as a frightened human child. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, forty-two years later, a disguised voice spoke to my father over the phone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Fortune presents her a second chance in the form of an impoverished doctor—in fact, a prince in disguise who has elected to work among the needy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Masks crouched in their hideous disguises, hidden behind their tinted windows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "Great weather all year round. You could have a disguise or face-lift if you would feel safer that way," Hathaway continued. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z With that face bashed in from the car crash, his disguise could be simple: a baggy uniform, a chipped front tooth, broken eyeglasses.” The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The other man put his trap a short distance away, taking care to disguise it so that no bird would know that it was there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Some ran for the beach and the disguised black shirts shot them down. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Whether disguised as Ben Franklin or a lowly drummer boy, he always acted a role in the elaborately staged pageants which he wrote and directed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was on an away mission, disguised to infiltrate and observe another culture without violating the Prime Directive. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the nuns got to her young, and Vic has nodded himself silly several times to catechism lessons disguised as dinner conversations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He disguised the bleeding with Mercurochrome and swiftly wrapped it all with many layers of gauze. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s a lost and lonely kind of feeling, To wake up wearing a disguise. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Do you want to try?” asked Lazlo, hopeful, and trying to disguise it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Listen to me carefully. There are Chilargentine scythes aboard this train disguised as regular passengers. You can’t avoid them, but if you wish to remain out of their clutches, I suggest you come with me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Their mockery oft came disguised as praise, and sometimes Victarion had not even realized he was being mocked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I hope this helps,” Margarita said, handing me a bottle of aspirin to disguise our transaction. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven yelled, and the crowd turned to look just as the Witchlings’ crone disguises melted away completely and their true forms were revealed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z When we wore our simple disguises, few people gave us a second look. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She felt her Mist disguise burn away until she was just Piper again - one girl in the midst of an army of giants, her jagged bronze blade like a toothpick compared to their massive weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Until midnight the strangers, disguised as bedouins, took part in the delirium and even enriched it with sumptuous fireworks and acrobatic skills that made one think of the art of the gypsies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When he heard that the King was ill and that Rabscuttle had done all he wanted, El-ahrairah set to work to disguise himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you disguise yourself as a beautiful lady? I brought lipstick and powder too. And at some dramatic point, you pull off the wig and say, ‘I am Moon Orchid.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He travels from place to place in disguise, to see the world as people see it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I quickly look away and put my face mask up to disguise myself as she heads inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The blind man thought that he had disguised his trap, but he did not see that he had failed to do so and any bird could tell that there was a trap there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z A minute later they splashed out into the water, sinking the disguises. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It bothered him and he acquired movements and habits to disguise what to him was a burning defect. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Today I saw an oak tree disguised as a chestnut tree. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z These alterations don’t make him appear more normal, however, but more anomalous, like a creature from an alien planet disguised in human clothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Patriots, disguised as Indians, dump tea into Boston Harbor in an anti-tax protest. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I just stared at her, making no attempt to disguise my anger. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We worked hard to disguise ourselves, especially our Indigeneity, around newcomers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "Then why were you disguised as an idiot delivery boy?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d raided the drama room at Shay’s dorm the night before and were loaded with disguises. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a lot harder than it looked but after a while I got pretty good thanks to all the expert marksmen hanging around disguised as milkmaids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though one book after another repeats this myth, the popularity of spices had nothing to do with disguising the taste of meat or fish that had gone bad. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I stared at him earnestly, hoping to disguise my impatience as admiration. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, she did. However, it might have been a favor in disguise. My new work may prove rather agreeable.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In Mexico they do this festival the right way, with no disguises. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Gandhi was taken to the police station, where he was whisked through a side door disguised in a police uniform. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We had to keep her out of sight, though, so Horace went back into the disguising room and fetched a denim sack. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I definitely fit the description of the ugly duckling in makeover movies, except that those girls were actually gorgeous actresses disguised by poorly framed glasses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Belet had wrapped Kasusu in a white pillowcase and tied it across her back, disguising it as...a sword wrapped in a pillowcase. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He must be a king or some other royalty in disguise. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Among the crowd, I thought I saw a few who were walking with the strange, trotting gait of disguised satyrs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Despite what he had said to Luke, he was waiting for Lily to come with a new story, maybe a disguise this time, that would spring him for a few periods. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I wish I’d brought disguises, so if someone spots us, we could run fast around a comer and then rip off our masks and act like we were innocently strolling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Taken prisoner during the first federalist adventure, he managed to escape to Curaçao disguised in the garment he detested most in this world: a cassock. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z If this is Zero, then he’s not disguising himself as well as he should be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I would hear inmates utter these exact words several times more in the upcoming months at Sing Sing, a threat disguised as advice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nadezhda Degtereva, who disguised herself as a man so she could go to war, became the first woman to be wounded in air combat—though the medics who treated her wounds discovered her secret. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Since the drawer did not lock, she was careful to disguise her descriptions of Sister Drummond. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She pointed to Fern, who was proud of her protest poem disguised as our dinnertime prayer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She left Olympus; she dwelt on earth, but so disguised that none knew her, and, indeed, the gods are not easily discerned by mortal men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be no way of disguising its meaning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She was so nice about it, Percy thought she must be a monster in disguise; but Hedge pulled him aside and assured him that Esther smelled like a normal human. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He went to Frigga disguised as a woman and entered into talk with her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If I look as old as I feel, my disguise must be perfect. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Accordingly, she disguised herself to look like a seafaring man and went to the house. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the future, if I wanted to disguise myself as effectively as the wights, I’d have to sharpen my acting skills. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The hissing sprinklers are actually snakes in disguise, and he’s training them to eat all the neighborhood pets—which makes some twisted sense, because I’ve heard him complaining about barking dogs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The fourth box contained dynamite, which was disguised to look like lumps of coal, incendiary pencils, timing devices, fuses, primers, wire, screws, and sulfuric acid. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z So basically, our school spirit disguises weren’t great. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s about all we can do for disguises right now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I also download a virtual face to disguise myself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the goddess with grey eyes had other business: disguised as Telemakhos, she roamed the town taking each likely man aside and telling him: “Meet us at nightfall at the ship!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Some say that Aurora helped him, but at all events, the disguise was so good that when he went back to his home no one recognized him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, it's me, disguised as a serving maid. Good day, Mr. Pope," she added, not very cordially. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Five wore the cloaks and masks of Brazen Beasts, but Pretty Meris had not troubled to disguise herself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Here I'd set out to test a disguise on a friend and now I was ready to beat him to his knees—not because I wanted to but because of place and circumstance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was my idea that we disguise ourselves as a rustic and a shepherdess, for the lovers in Gertrude’s romances often did so. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But in disguise, like you just fell down and then borrowed some bloke’s clothes.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He would explain to Arthur that he had pleaded the wound so as to come unexpectedly, in disguise, because that was one of the new-fashioned things to do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides these, there were many people from adventures which we have left out—mainly knights who had yielded to Sir Lancelot when he was disguised as Sir Kay. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “My ‘silly’ disguises are useful for other reasons, but yes, Constance, it would be unfortunate if some enemy from my past recognized me, but I couldn’t recognize him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I assure her that she hasn’t and that she’ll be well disguised anyway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Earliest we know, we sprung from my grandfather, Augustus,” Miss Trotter began, but not without a few words of spite disguised as pity about Ma Charles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He must be disguised to avoid encounters with thieves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he was bumped hard again, and it dawned on him that they did recognize him and that they were using his disguise as a license to elbow, trip and maul him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I am perfectly convinced by it that Mr. Darcy has no defect. He owns it himself without disguise.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I wondered how much pleasure it had given him to disguise himself as Cromwell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Since last summer, Grover had stopped trying to disguise himself as human. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burned so much that she allowed herself to be caught no less than forty-seven times in various disguises. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He would lodge at Corbin, tell her about Galahad, and fight in the tournament disguised. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s why we have the disguises. And if it doesn’t work—” Seven smirked and held up a small vial. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He was at the court of a friend, King Lycomedes, where a few years later Achilles was to hide disguised as a girl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I'm thinking it might be a blessing in disguise, because in a weird way, I think it would have hurt my mom's feelings if I told my dad first. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He’d sneak into cities disguised in ragged beggar’s clothes and hand out gold coins to kids living on the streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Which meant there was a 98 per cent chance that Salim had emerged from the pod in disguise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cora’s own mask was occasionally askew, she proved adept at maintaining the disguise of Bessie Carpenter, late of North Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z More important, they would help disguise the foxes’ scents. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had disguised the event as a football rally, strictly for students, without the inhibition of the teachers being present. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is your amazing disguise?” asked Pong, tugging at the handkerchief at his neck. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mozart’s emotional subtext, on the other hand, is disguised beneath the sheen of decorum and poise required of an eighteenth-century artisan. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The trips were disguised as visits to the Alacrans’ nuclear power plant or the opium processing plant—a stinking, clanking horror even an eejit would find unbearable. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Only if you were a fool, however, did you send messages disguised by Morse alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Ifemelu liked to watch Clinton on television, in her square trouser suits, her face a mask of resolve, her prettiness disguised, because that was the only way to convince the world that she was able. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The Death Mist is not simply a disguise, you see. It is a state of being. I could not bring you this gift unless death followed—true death.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My most frequent disguise was as a chauffeur, a chef, or a “garden boy.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard once about a girl who disguised herself as a boy and went into a yeshivah to study Torah. I do not believe it.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Even through his misty ghoul disguise, Annabeth could tell he was on the verge of panic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he said, “I wonder how many of our ‘military’ are simply people like your friend, disguised tarts.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She placed colorful flowers around her face to disguise her glowing eyes, and any bare patches were covered with tree leaves and strips of moss. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Takumi looked at me with poorly disguised panic, and I felt lunch—fried chicken—rising in my stomach. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At first, when she saw him stumbling up the highway with the old lady in his arms, Hazel had thought he might be a god in disguise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was curious, but when you said it to yourself you had the illusion of actually hearing bells, the bells of a lost London that still existed somewhere or other, disguised and forgotten. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Susan’s parents chuckled knowingly at her behavior, while I tried to disguise a stab of jealousy. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Edna’s face was a blank picture of bewilderment, which she never thought of disguising. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, disguising my real dismay with mock dismay. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘But what will happen when they have penetrated the disguise?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At the time, the journal preserved her dignity: she might look and behave like and live the life of a trainee nurse, but she was really an important writer in disguise. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He should never have made up that elaborate story to disguise his search for the cave; somebody might ask him about it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Or hide your book in its birthday suit—after all, sometimes no disguise is the best disguise of all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “A devious warlock...he will come in disguise...asking for help.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think gravity may be death in disguise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Did the masks signify the disguises Hamlet spoke of wearing? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Must have moved on,” says the librarian, though the doubt in his voice is only partially disguised. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z None of it disguises what I am: human. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It looks kind of familiar, but it’s not Mom’s or Dad’s or Lily’s, either, unless one of them was trying to disguise their handwriting so I wouldn’t be able to recognize it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Straining for a new disguise of servant and simpleton, I sucked on my fist and stared about vacantly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe a black cloak and face covering isn’t exactly the best disguise. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She has an old pair of sunglasses that would appear fashionable yet do a good job disguising my condition. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Although she weighed just ninety-one pounds, her sparrowlike proportions disguised a formidable resolve; to an astounding degree, Yasuko had been propelled up the mountain by the unwavering intensity of her desire. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I dare you to peep behind these eyes, discover the poet in tough-guy disguise. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This goes along with another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “And what about the others? There’s only one Native in the bunch, besides this Cree in disguise.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z At times he wishes he could disguise it, shorten it somehow, the way the other Indian boy in his school, Jayadev, had gotten people to call him Jay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “This was a blessing in disguise,” Dad continued, but from Mom’s glance at him, I saw that he had gone off-script and was improvising. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt, his beast disguise abandoned, squatted beside the dog, who came forward and sniffed him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just possible to discern Ron under his disguise, but only, Harry thought, because he knew him so well. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Naima strode along in her disguise, enjoying the freedom from curious eyes. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He could be any of these avatars, disguised just like we are. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were no pampering unguents disguised by rugged names. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I wish I could disguise myself somehow, but I don't even have a hat I can put on. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I told Hamlet my plan, disguising its motive, for I did not want him to think me . too unkind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If he was challenged—and he usually wasn’t—he would play the part of the ruffian, a hardened “Whatcha gonna do about it?” expression disguising his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Papi flinched and then tried to disguise his reaction by pretending to shake her hand away. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I watch for Cordelia, and when Prospero’s attendants come on, with music and jittery lighting effects, I peer hard, trying to see which one she is, behind the disguise of costume. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “What. . . what are you saying, Ladybird? It’s like you are the devil in disguise.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There were stories in the paper of German parachutists disguised as nurses and nuns, spreading out through the cities and infiltrating the population. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was a force disguised as a man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The purgante was her own concoction, a mixture of cod-liver oil and mugwort, milk of magnesia, and green papaya juice, sweetened to disguise the fishy, bitter, chalky taste. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I am already so busy working for Chandresh, and I will need to focus on the competition without...distraction,” he says, using his instructor’s choice of word, from an order disguised as a suggestion. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I squeeze my hands into fists to disguise their shaking. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I really want to show you the market. And we could get you a disguise so no one would recognize you in a million years.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The woman carried a letter to André, asking him to come to West Point disguised as a merchant named John Anderson. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the most glamorous of disguises, but Citra knew it was practical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I almost went into a wig shop, just because I figured I might be able to grab a disguise. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Lancelot rode out from the north exit, marked with the , Bon escutcheon—and immediately everybody in the amphitheatre knew that it was he, although he was disguised. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The employee behind the camera did not disguise her contempt. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “It was like,” Rachel said, “she was trying to look like something she wasn’t. Like she was in disguise. Anyway, it got cruel. Everyone started laughing at her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I wasn't allowed to alter my appearance so radically that it seemed I was preparing to disguise myself and escape. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z In later life Lancelot sometimes had to fight disguised, because otherwise nobody would fight him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They picked up two shields to complete their disguise and then went on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Don Bernardo really was our next door angel disguised as an old Spaniard with an ailing wife. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My cap is pulled low, and I've added to my disguise with a bandage patch over my left eye. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As Marshall turned to Cecilia, Leon raised a cupped hand to shield his face, but could not disguise from his sister the tremor along his shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His very name meant “killer grass” because he was able to disguise himself as a cluster of reeds in the fields, allowing him to ambush his prey. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I am rather ashamed of writing to you so soon again but if I disguise my writing in the direction I am in hopes the post master at Newcastle will think it is somebody else.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And so dreary, I think, taking in all the gray huddled-up old men disguised as trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A baseball cap and a big camera hanging in front of his chest—this was one of his favorite disguises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She gave Ulysses another whack disguised as a pat. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z We simply think our way along, pass information around, exchange codes disguised as art, change our minds, transform ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “To disguise myself. You ever hear of a man named Denmark Vesey?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a universal instinct of the human species, isn’t it, that desire to dress up in some sort of disguise?” said Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Not everyone,” I said, unable to disguise my annoyance. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I started thinking about the world loaded with disguised Marys sitting around all over the place and hidden red hearts tucked about that people could rub and touch, only we didn’t recognize them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in my life 1 have met the system face-to-face, fully determined to function within its context as an observer and critic in disguise, so to speak. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just different,” Mom said, failing to disguise her disapproval. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But then her mouth quivers, and she presses her lips together to disguise it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Milo was stung and made no effort to disguise his wounded feelings. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In many cuentos I had heard the owl was one of the disguises a bruja took, and so it struck a chord of fear in the heart to hear them hooting at night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As he inspected it, Amah wondered: Why did the emperor disguise himself as a lowly guard? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Magnificent ceramic jars, green with the patina of time, began to arrive at his house disguised in Indians’ bundles and llama saddlebags, quickly filling the secret places that had been set aside for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She danced with many men, no doubt seeking Rosencrantz under each disguise. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His disguise would be sufficient to fool the defenders from the distance of the high walls. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “But supposing you find out that you can’t rescue ’em without some women in disguise as guards or nurses or whatever?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I have word that a messenger is coming from Balekin’s estate, disguised in the High King’s livery,” he says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Which means he had disguised himself as a soldier, and we caught him near San Diego, the only city that requires everyone to wear those blue pins. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I fled in a hay wagon, disguised as a milkmaid. They never thought to look for me there, and I crossed the border with papers I forged myself in a woodcutter’s hut.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Agent Jones spoke into his hidden mic and the troop of black shirts disguised as Republic of ChaCha rebels burst from the jungle bearing machine guns, shouting and shooting into the air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Okay. Bring your best disguise,” she said, like it was the most normal thing in the world to say. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A spider hole is a hole dug in the ground that’s big enough for one man, sometimes two; but sometimes they’re disguised and there’s a tunnel entrance in back of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I prayed that Sergeant Bickle wouldn’t answer, but I was prepared to disguise my voice in case he did. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z ‘The look’s a disguise, Mum. It hides the rebel within - right, Ted?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z On the day it happened he said: “Maybe is a blessing in disguise. Give me more time to pursue me acting.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Nor did she wear overlong dresses to disguise the empty place on her left side. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "But why bother to disguise himself from me?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Chinese executed women who disguised themselves as soldiers or students, no matter how bravely they fought or how high they scored on the examinations. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked as if he could use an oiling himself—he moved quite creakily, and with a pronounced stoop, so that he truly seemed as old as he appeared in his disguise. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I examine this writing from every angle, trying to figure out if it could be Cordelia’s, disguised. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Early on, little effort was made to disguise the racial motivations behind the law and order rhetoric and the harsh criminal justice legislation proposed in Congress. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Pong didn’t wear the Junior Patrol disguise anymore, just plain clothes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then we will take off our disguises and each go home and say nothing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Still it was a good disguise, was it not? My masterpiece. Everyone's idea of what a Jew looks like, eh?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z In a strange twist, many newspapers mocked Lincoln for the way he eluded the assassins by wearing a cheap disguise as he snuck into Washington. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s just that the corn we eat wears many different disguises. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She gives a little cough, but it’s not enough to disguise the waver in her voice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And when it smiled at the camera you could tell through the disguise that it was Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For once, my bad knee helps my disguise. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Of the twenty-one people leaving the pod, there had been no extra woman, no female who could have emerged from under the wig and sunglasses disguise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day Miss Hattie decided she had to disguise me as a working man—wearing coveralls, a denim jacket, and hair tucked up in an old, floppy hat. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Next to Ida stood Victor, no beard, no disguise, simply the Victor Esther knew. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Yelling, waving machine guns, and wearing disguises, the men seemed like something out of a nightmare. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She set about on a disguised but implacable vigilance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the glow shows that the tiny broom closet is full of brooms, a bucket, and a pair of mops, but is lacking any of the disguises that Adam was hoping for. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If I wore them, they’d disguise the human roundness of my own ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How did you get to be so wise, Old girl in young-girl disguise. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It regards Prince Hamlet. I have learned that you often meet him in secret, wearing a rustic disguise. I doubt your silly games are merely innocent,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And even when he was upset about something, it was disguised behind those eyes, grey-green and long-lashed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Normally I was fairly disciplined about keeping it close to my body to try to disguise my limp. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I knew you wanted to disguise yourself, so to help you stay unknown, I hid it.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I guess the grass has always been just tall enough to disguise it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The twenty-three-year-old appeared on the magazine’s cover, disguised by the makeup and shaggy gray wig he wore for the role of an eighty-year-old character in one of the Mercury’s plays. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Mom watches him carefully for a while, her eyes half closed and the same partial smile stapled to her face as a disguise. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Widget ceases his narration as they investigate each silver bar, finding no hidden openings or cleverly disguised hinges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “A bit treacherous! A bit treacherous! My brother Phlegm was ambushed by a crowd of dwarfs disguised as dung heaps! He’s still in traction!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t care if Spielberg directed it. It’s a chick flick disguised as a sword-and-sorcery picture. The only genre film with less balls is probably….freakin’ Legend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cat could’ve been a demon or a horrible Underworld monster in disguise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I pocket my Mask—my face serves as my best disguise—and burgle riding clothes and a pack from a Tribal caravan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I expect it was really Loki in disguise,” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z From his own Secret Service, Gage sent two officers disguised as “countrymen” to find out about a store of guns and gunpowder that the Patriots reportedly had in Worchester, Massachusetts. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered how Laertes had learned of my disguise and rued the change in my brother, who cared for me less than for his own reputation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I could not disguise the tremble of alarm in my voice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In a corner stood a clay chamber pot, disguised as a decorative cabbage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked Hyde Park as the perfect community in which to hide, and the role of Zelda Segovia’s husband as a perfect disguise. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I pull on my powder-blue sweatsuit, my disguise as a non-artist, and go down the four flights of stairs, trying to look brisk and purposeful. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind it an opening so badly disguised it could be only the work of a human. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a feeling of dread—born of fatigue and aversion to military discipline—that I tried to disguise. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was totally done up, and a pair of glasses completed her disguise. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I’ve regarded it as my duty to disguise nothing—the names, the places, the exact circumstances—I put it all there as a matter of historical record. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She was not disguised, it was simply that the bent back and the chickens, legs tied together, transformed her into a granny, obviously coming from or going to market. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fiery light of the Titan’s armor, her Death Mist disguise made her look like a burning ghoul. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ghosts were mostly friendly and less likely to see through their disguises than witches since, weary from their alive days, they tended to pay less attention to the living. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s cleaner this way. Simpler. No confusing descriptions. No names. No worrying about disguises. Follow the needle, find our man, and have done with it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The man may be disguised as a woman, or, alternatively, he may actually be a woman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Milligan, disguised as a gray-haired gardener in a straw hat, puttered gloomily about the iron fence, tending to the rose bushes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She could disguise them by splashing water on her face, pretending to wash her eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry Reid advised employees to stay on the lookout for spies disguised as Langley Field soldiers and warned of fifth column plants who might coax valuable research from unwitting laboratory employees. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’m not all that happy about this, he said, and I don’t mean the disguise. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “I never hear the other kind, so Mom got me that devil disguised as a clock.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Instead he tried out one of Victor’s disguises in front of the mirror. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The gray glow of morning did nothing to disguise the scars on the woman’s face, but they could see the gentle look in her eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A super melodramatic ballad that is essentially a self-help song about self-esteem disguised as a holiday song. Here are the 10 most annoying Christmas songs of all time 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Georgia O’Keefe’s great painting of clouds at the Art Institute of Chicago is evoked, as is a particularly insidious alien invasion, its armada of spaceships disguised as clouds. Aaron Morse at Acme: Paintings of sublime worlds gone wrong 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z As it continues, the flow of Mr. Dorsey’s choreography — aerobic, athletic and on a loop — doesn’t disguise its colorlessness. Review: A Transgender Choreographer Takes on Machismo 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Aidem, meanwhile, does fine by the role of the Mrs. Croft, with her cool poise disguising a core of genteel ruthlessness. Theater Review: Kathleen Turner in ‘Killing of Sister George’ at Long Wharf 2012-12-07T23:03:45Z Lipstadt seeks to awaken her audience to the nature, persistence and scale of an age-old prejudice that never seems to die, along with the insidious new ways in which it seeks to disguise itself. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Here we meet the skilled raconteur whose tales promote vacillation, and whose humor disguises costly indecision and delay. Lincoln Served Six Ways: Reframing a President 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z And last October, a man disguised as a construction worker took a sledgehammer to it. Meryl Streep has hit on star-struck Trump’s big weakness 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z As the art historian Aliza Edelman points out in the catalog, geometric art could be tactically used to disguise gender, or to reveal it in innovative ways. Art Review | 'Constructive Spirit': History Lesson in Abstraction, Cutting Across the Americas 2010-02-19T05:50:00Z So many fashion films are so commercial but disguised as art. At DIS Magazine, Not the Usual Rules 2012-11-16T22:19:46Z If the actors and actresses ever seem distanced from their parts, it’s only because their characters, too, are wearing disguises that don’t fit them naturally. Review: ‘Cloud Nine,’ a Comedy of Fluid and Complicated Couplings 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The Catacombs attracts 250,000 visitors each year, so it’s not difficult for enterprising filmmakers to gain entry to the tunnels by disguising themselves as tourists. Porn shoots in Parisian catacombs? Mais oui! 2013-03-15T17:38:00Z And then there’s camouflage, the creation of silhouette and disguise, whether you use putty nose or whether you’re slightly subtler. Tom Hardy Is at Home as Hero and Villain in ‘Taboo’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z But because that format is so often used to disguise periods of un- or underemployment, the typical hiring manager’s reaction is, “I’m going to find what this person’s trying to hide,” Milligan says. Work Advice: Résumés, Part 2: Winning over the humans 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “In Chic, Bernard and I dressed up like Wall Street bankers. That was our disguise; we were actually poor and bohemian.” Nile Rodgers — defender of disco 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The opera dramatizes a wife’s efforts to rescue her wrongfully incarcerated husband by disguising herself as a man and infiltrating his prison. Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Our guide through this fiercely seen fantasy Albion is David Fitzgerald, a civil servant who has disguised an aspect of his family history in order to flourish under the regime. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z Palin must have been referring to Billy Wayne Ruddick, Jr., Ph.D., one among a new assortment of usefully idiotic disguises, each with his own funny voice and noisy idiom. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The signs At this age, stress can sometimes disguise itself in strong emotions. 'You will have an emotional reboot': the ultimate guide to stress at every age 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z As a ballerina, Ms. Alonso was especially associated with the title role of “Giselle,” the doomed peasant girl who falls in love with a count in disguise. Alicia Alonso, Star of Cuba’s National Ballet, Dies at 98 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z He does what he can—he tells the truth—and then he talks about the art and doesn’t disguise the fact that its beauty may be related to ugliness. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Having gotten past the lobby, Borat then takes refuge in a bathroom and assembles a second disguise, this time dressing up as Trump. The ‘Borat’ Sequel’s 3 Wildest Scenes: Here’s What Happens 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The effort to disguise the banality of that plot, or to pump it up to earn the release of song, forces “The Mad Ones” into some overwrought detours. Review: A Girl’s Kerouac Dreams Go Astray in ‘The Mad Ones’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Nor can Mr. Leon’s expertly fluid direction quite disguise the artificial overuse of some fairly tired symbolic motifs, including baseball and the fences of the title. | 'Fences': Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in August Wilson?s Classic 2010-04-27T02:03:00Z Guillaume in disguise forges a friendship with Cinderella, while her stepmother and stepsisters fawn on Benjamin, in his prince’s attire. Dance Review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Take on Prokofiev’s ‘Cinderella’ 2013-05-07T21:35:23Z He enjoyed far less success after Mission: Impossible, however, finding he had been typecast as Rollin Hand, the top-secret mission team's disguise wizard. Oscar-Winning Actor Martin Landau Dies at 89 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z The fruit in a fruit salad was pretty disguised; though, I don't think the idea was to disguise it as much as to dress it up. Want a better fruit salad? Soak it in orange liqueur 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In the video guide, he offers helpful tips for personalizing and disguising re-gifts in the hopes of finding that unwanted a gift a new—and hopefully more grateful—home. Here Are John Oliver's Tips For Re-Gifting 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Some of his fellow celebrities have gone to great lengths to disguise the truth. Perspective | Trump is obsessed with height. Now he’s trying to weaponize it in the election. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, but I'm only saying that to disguise the fact that I love you, a bit, well OK, rather a lot." TV review: Merlin; Good Cop; The Thick Of It 2012-10-14T13:00:00Z Each of these things pretends to be something else: porcelain is disguised as wood, wood as leather bookbindings. Art Review: Art Imitates Movies in a Series of Scenes 2010-12-23T22:22:15Z He’s a little older, he’s principled behind his unpolished exterior, and his dem-dese-and-dose accent disguises a natural courtliness. 30 Years Later Patrick Swayze Still Stuns in 'Dirty Dancing' 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z “He disguises the ‘right’ as a question, but really it’s the opposite: a flat, affectless confirmation of whatever he himself just said, a brief affirmative pause between one confident statement and the next,” she wrote. The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z At each miserable turn, Violet, Klaus and Sunny try to solve the mystery of their parents’ death only to encounter Count Olaf in various disguises as he tries to steal their fortune. Watch Netflix's New 'Series of Unfortunate Events' Trailer 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z And he said, “But he was wearing a disguise.” “Robert De Niro bit my face off!”: How I learned to work with our greatest living actor without coming unglued 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z He also received a commendation from the Central Intelligence Agency for the disguises he created for operatives. The Carpetbagger: De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson Are Supporting Actor Hopefuls 2012-12-19T23:28:11Z And in 2001 Durst, then living in disguise as a mute woman in Galveston, Texas, was arrested on suspicion of killing and dismembering his elderly neighbor, Morris Black. Director Andrew Jarecki talks of getting to know 'Jinx's' Robert Durst 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s warm, and comfy, and sumptuous in a way that disguises how ordinary it is. Adele’s ‘25’ and our problem with unstoppable sadness 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z People are performing and are somewhat disguised, even if they’re showing up with their real face. Dating is tough. Could dressing up as a praying mantis help? 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z A handshake is almost certainly a strong-arm in disguise. Review | The agony and ecstasy of LBJ are revived in ‘The Great Society’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Lovely as that image is, this new “Rocky Horror” can’t disguise the musical bloat in the film’s second half. Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ remake squeezes out the very last drop of camp 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z His song, "When that I was and a little tiny boy", concludes a play which is itself a celebration of misrule, with a plot driven by disguise, mistaken identity and practical jokes. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z It’s all fun and games up to the point where, with one disguised as an Area 51 big-eyed green alien, the three nearly botch the abduction. ‘Pain & Gain’: Big but queasy laughs in true-crime tale 2013-04-25T20:46:38Z We can't change the factory settings of our lives to "private," when crooked cops disguised as public servants terrorize us daily. The dangerous spectacle of racist violence viral videos: Who are those images for? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Manufacturers can make thinly disguised claims, however, as long as the product’s label cautions that “this statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.” Is marijuana close to being legalized? 2012-10-15T16:47:00Z With a lesser singer, you'd think producers were trying to disguise some lip-syncing. 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