guise - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • assume: Article continues In general, cricket in south Asian fiction assumes a more mature guise.
  • adopt: Lord Mongo prowls mad angry in a quarry, adopting various guises and railing his gob against a gyrating void.
  • take: Mercury's been known to take many guises.. .
  • use: Jesus could use the guise of prophet tho in reality a prince.
  • have: The security issue has many guises No one wants to know that the external security threat is just getting worse.

Adjective modifier

  • various: Yet, I go on stage in various guises with the sole intent of creating a mood of goodwill with me at its center.
  • different: The computer, in its many different guises, has invaded the gallery space.
  • many: Mercury's been known to take many guises.. .
  • familiar: We love to allow actors to appear in something different from their familiar guise.
  • former: Reading last appeared at the Abbey on 2 October 2003 under their former guise of the Racers in a Premier League encounter.
  • numerous: We are now accustomed to tracing such gradual effects in numerous guises, from acid rain to global warming to pesticide residues.

Possessives

  • actress: Director Philip Casson went on to direct Louise Gold in her actress ' guise in an episode of Casualty.

Preposition: in

  • order: Sometimes these assumed fearsome guises in order to frighten away both tomb robbers and evil spirits.

Preposition: of

  • religion: His masterpiece is a good, upright, honest, respected religious man who teaches false doctrine under the guise of true religion.
  • game: These days nearly all trojans are spread in the guise of a free game, handy tool or other software.
  • man: Days later, in the guise of an old man, Blake pierces the enemy lines with Pedro at his side.
  • activity: CCTV, car sensors, tracking inside our phones and id card movement tracking in the guise of anti- terror activity.
  • concern: The US and British administrations are still threatening Iraq under the guise of concern about weapons of mass destruction.
  • reform: The internal market has continued under Labor under the guise of public sector reform and ' modernisation ' .

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