Example sentences for: guises

How can you use “guises” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess invented an entire dialect (Nadsat, a Russified version of English): I could sort of slooshy myself making special sort of shoms and govoreeting slovos like Dear dead idlewilds, rot not in variform guises and all that cal.

  • But in the past two centuries, she has appeared in many guises, modeled after many different women.

  • Affirmative action in its current guises is unlikely to be the best or even a good way forward; but the consequences of simply eliminating such programs are sure to be mixed.

  • You’ll also see the first of La Rambla’s celebrated mimes, or “human statues,” portraying Christopher Columbus, priests, bearded nuns, and Roman soldiers, among many other guises.

  • Loved by millions, this hero gave his life trying to protect the ones he loved, after a lifetime devoted to fighting tyranny in all its guises.


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