How to Use unmask in a Sentence

unmask

verb
  • He was unmasked as a spy.
  • The celebs must unmask the killer before they’re all bumped off.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The singer with the fewest number of votes would have to unmask and head home.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Two will end up in the bottom, and then one will be unmasked and sent home.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Grief really unmasks you and can tear down your walls.
    — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But all of us can mask and unmask in healthier ways than we’re used to.
    — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2021
  • These are all of the celebrities who have been unmasked so far this season.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 2 Feb. 2020
  • By the end of that first half hour, he has been unmasked as the bloody avenger of the backyard.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Figure out whose clues are fishy to unmask the crasher.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Once unmasked, pouters may be willing to re-engage or at least back off.
    — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2017
  • For the time being, experts say, there’s no free pass to unmask.
    — Amina Khan Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020
  • To his surprise, Yeti came out at the bottom and would have to unmask.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 19 May 2021
  • And the mystery gang who work together to unmask them, of course.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 July 2025
  • Students and staff should be able to unmask in these conditions.
    — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The rebels also unmask a young soldier who didn’t retreat fast enough.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Seal, unmasked last week as the Leopard, doesn’t want to be a nobody.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • This week, at last, one of these merry pranksters elected to unmask herself.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Each week, the audience votes and the worst performer gets unmasked.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2019
  • Sensing there was a leaker in its ranks, the army was determined to unmask him.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 15 May 2017
  • By the same token, anyone unmasked as less than a moral paragon will be vilified.
    — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
  • The Leo moon unmasks the truth of yourself through the presence of others.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • With the Alien in the bottom 3 this week, there's a good chance they could be unmasked in the next episode.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 10 Jan. 2019
  • After everyone had their chance to go, a vote was called, and the bottom two then had to unmask.
    — EW.com, 8 May 2025
  • That could explain why none of the many officials and celebrities who met with him saw fit to unmask him.
    — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • The banker is being probed over his efforts to unmask a whistleblower.
    — Max Colchester, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The two contestants with the fewest votes would unmask, and the other two would perform one more time.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 8 May 2025
  • Perhaps that’s what compels me, somewhere in the middle of our lunch, to unmask.
    — Zeba Blay, SELF, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For years, people and media outlets have been trying to unmask Banksy.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 May 2026
  • In one scene, Sheriff Cross strides unmasked through the local grocery store.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The last 24 hours have taught us the White House must unmask the president’s health records.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020

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