Example sentences for: masquerade

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

  • The editorial, titled "Janet Reno's Latest Trick," says the departure of the lead prosecutor after only seven months makes it "plain that his appointment was a public-relations masquerade."

  • Levinthal's title for this series reveals his interest in a tradition of blackface masquerade that, by the turn of the century, was largely a Jewish province (think of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer ). While Jewish minstrelsy operated on the premise that black people were inherently funny, it also reflected a complex identification of Jews with blacks--an identification between outsider groups explored by such contemporary scholars as Michael Rogin, in Blackface, White Noise , and Eric Lott, in Love and Theft .

  • At the other extreme is the eager embrace of urban chaos, masquerade, and color.

  • In Italy pignattas were hung from the ceilings during masquerade balls.

  • When the couples returned to Central Point to visit, the town went along with the masquerade.


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