Masked

Examples

• She masked her hatred of her husband under the cloak of a mother's solicitude for her son's future. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr Wegg, in a languid transport, again dropped over on Mr Venus, and again recovering himself, masked his emotions with a sneeze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Her face was like a small, fine mask, sinister too, masked with unwilling suffering. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Women were playing; they were masked, some of them; this license was allowed in these wild times of carnival. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I pressed his hand to my heart because being masked, I could not kiss it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I complied with no good grace, and vexed, I supposeby my reluctance, he opened a masked and dangerous battery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• All the demoniacal force of the man masked behind that listless manner burst out in a paroxysm of energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I should more readily have accredited this report had his manoeuvres been better masked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Its old simplicity of expression got masked by a certain craftiness that assimilated even his good-humour to itself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She had no face--no features: all below her brow was masked with a white cloth; but she had eyes, and they viewed me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was not a masked ball, as some folks wanted to persuade you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The persons who attended on the feast were masked and cloaked. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I touched Holmes on the arm, and he turned his masked face in that direction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Typed by Ethan