How to Use guise in a Sentence

guise

noun
  • The franchise’s first game in its new guise will come on the road.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Work meetings are held in the flat, under the guise of soirees.
    — Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • This moment will come in many guises.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Even the look on her face alters, a flat guise replaced by a scowl.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Marlon takes on the guise of a thug named Roach and of course overplays the role.
    — Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
  • If lessons are learned, they should be smuggled in under the guise of laughs and kisses.
    — The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Help is on horizon in the guise of new and expanded state park campgrounds.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2021
  • The first batch arrived three years later, under the guise that the force would stand on its own two feet.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • This pliable guise is partially what makes his persona such a durable meme.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Populism in all its guises surfaces problems but rarely solves them.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The bot appears in human guise—a young man in a bow tie—perched in a window on the display.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Farage has been through various guises.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Unfortunately a recent deep fake has come in the guise of a friend.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Even Zara has fallen under the guise of a gentle rebrand.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This commenter is far from the only troll to body-shame someone under the guise of concern for health.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Even Ben Long sits, to the far right, in the guise of Doubting Thomas.
    — Washington Post, 7 May 2021
  • But sometimes the squashing of speech can appear in other guises.
    — Andrea Valdez, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • And too much time has passed for Friend A to claim the former under the guise of the latter.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Think of Succession, but in the guise of a chintzy, 90-minute horror movie.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2019
  • In carpets, the symbol takes on many guises—stars, medallions, jagged S-shapes.
    — Glenn Dixon, Smithsonian, 6 July 2018
  • Offices are one of the first things that may emerge in a different guise as a result of the pandemic.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2020
  • In its new guise as an Israeli tanker, signs remain of the aircraft’s past life, a reminder of its age.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But the exception isn’t a free pass to violate their guidelines under the guise of art.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2022
  • So much more than just a heritage tribute, this is a rally monster in 911 guise.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2023
  • One of his colleagues then lured Guevara to his death under the guise of going to meet women.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Bad actors can take on all kinds of guises—including pretending to be lawyers.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Footballing success, in differing guises, came a long time ago.
    — Adam Leventhal, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Take, for example, The Nation of Plants, a polemic in the guise of a plea.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 20 Apr. 2021
  • In this guise, Saverino is breathless with excitement.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Both marques returned to the competition this year in new guises.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026

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