masqueraded

past tense of masquerade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for masqueraded
Verb
  • Elordi, 28, posed for photos solo ahead of the screening of director Guillermo del Toro's latest film.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Even before Bohm’s IL stint had been announced, former Phillies GM and current broadcaster Ruben Amaro posed the idea of promoting Miller after Turner went down.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to The Cut, Tami also impersonated Kendra for her last Halloween party, dressing as a scarecrow in a prison jumpsuit paired with a mask of her mugshot and phones clutched in its hands.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Dark Star’s Repsch only learned that Santor had impersonated him and his company when THR contacted him.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • California Schemin’ is based on the true story of two Scottish friends, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who pretended to be a California rap duo, Silibil N’ Brains, to realize their dream of hip-hop stardom.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • No one pretended when Johnny Carson or others retired that the new group would replace them.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the end, Frizer was found to have acted in self-defense and officially pardoned by the Queen.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Meyer has also appeared on Designated Survivor (2018), The Fix (2019), and Good Girls (2021), and acted in films including Changeland (2019), Unpregnant (2020), and The Enormity of Life (2021).
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Falcons played their opener two weeks ago and then had a bye.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The team behind the research noted that many of these genes are tied to developmental delay, which may have played a role in the slower pace of postnatal brain growth in humans compared to chimpanzees.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Masqueraded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masqueraded. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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