Sentence examples for a guise of from inspiring English sources

Certainty came in a guise of inscrutability; the products designed to reassure also happened to befuddle.

They slip into a guise of modesty that is not their default position.

Multitasking offers a guise of productivity, a "macho" show of accomplishment, and similarities to a quick amphetamine rush.

I imagine the standard is suffocating, that putting on a guise of impenetrable "manliness" every day can be exhausting.

During this time of the year death appears in a guise of make up, costumes and candied treats.

And during Act I, for the most part, he effectively contained Scarpia's ruthlessness under a guise of aristocratic bearing.

They are not putting on a guise instead of themselves.

Undemocratic practices persist today, sometimes under a thin guise of adherence to norms.

In many ways "Sleep No More" is a dance in the guise of a theater piece.

He's a perfectionist in the guise of a risk taker.

A novel in the guise of a confession, it was taken by hundreds of thousands of American readers as a confession in the guise of a novel: Portnoy became an immediate bestseller.