How to Use guise in a Sentence

guise

noun
  • Many of the current rulings are drafted under the guise of enforcing fairness.
    Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 4 July 2021
  • WikiLeaks was later accused of tendentious editing, but the clip would be shocking in any guise.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • But back then, many of us had never considered that online trends could destroy our relationship with food under the guise of health.
    Ruchira Sharma, refinery29.com, 12 July 2021
  • But unlike numbers, polynomials have a clear geometric guise.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2021
  • During that time, Nassar continued to molest young girls under the guise of of medical treatment.
    Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Prosecutors said the group lured Dean to a home on Sandy Creek Drive under the guise of a drug transaction.
    Henri Hollis, ajc, 3 Aug. 2021
  • But Ferjani warned against trampling democratic institutions under the guise of fixing them.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • More than 350 women would come forward to say that Nassar had abused them, too, often under the guise of medical treatment.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 21 July 2021
  • Like a lot of products marketed directly to women, that ad (and plenty that came before it) sold tampons under the societal guise of empowerment and taking charge of your body.
    Molly Longman, SELF, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Cancel culture is not applied equally—with damaging sentiments often being made about trans people, specifically, under the guise of debates over free speech.
    Annabel Gutterman, Time, 1 July 2021
  • Hackers send bogus emails to employees of a company asking for their login credentials, often under the guise of being a member of the IT team.
    Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 19 July 2021
  • Such as the institutional failures that could allow vulnerable people to be exploited under the guise of education.
    Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • Work meetings are held in the flat, under the guise of soirees.
    Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Even the look on her face alters, a flat guise replaced by a scowl.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In a sense, Angelos is right about that: His guise is easy to see through.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • If lessons are learned, they should be smuggled in under the guise of laughs and kisses.
    The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Under the guise of sleeping over at Libby’s, the pair hightail it to New York City.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The Montero comes into this world in either base or Sport guise, but the Raider is a synthesis of the two.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023
  • Van der Weyden is believed to have painted himself in the guise of Saint Luke.
    Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 June 2022
  • In the video, the artist presents herself dancing to pulsing club music in a number of guises.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The oddball guise is one of many that Alvarez has dreamed up and posted to social media since 2020.
    Shane Barnes, Pitchfork, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Epstein and Maxwell used the guise of mentoring young girls to get close to them, the government claimed.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2021
  • So much more than just a heritage tribute, this is a rally monster in 911 guise.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The teaser image confirms the pickup will once again be available in TRD Pro guise.
    Greg S. Fink, Car and Driver, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But the exception isn’t a free pass to violate their guidelines under the guise of art.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The North Avenue building that once housed Odell’s nightclub is sporting a fresh guise and has a new purpose.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • But like basal cell carcinoma, SCC comes in various guises.
    Amy Norton, SELF, 19 July 2024

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