The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

Usage examples of masking.

Flakes of ice blew about in the stiff breeze, masking his words and the frosty breath that uttered them.

No objection arose as he retained the coverlet, its masking warmth mantled over bare shoulders, the heaped folds at the hem draping the scars that disfigured his ankles.

They had located some stale hash cookies and decided to pool all of their fireworks purchases and construct a single multistage rocketship held together with masking tape and hallucinogenic optimism.

Somewhere among the masking trunks of the tree-lined river bank, there was the idle stomp of a hoof, followed by a rolling, outblown breath.

She had had the foresight to bring with her an adaptor plug for her hair dryer and later she blamed the noise the dryer was making for masking the sound of anyone knocking on her door.

Eata a clava I recalled having seen displayed at our Masking Day festivities.

Dixon and each one of them continue to evaluate both contacts, but I expect you to personally analyze the recordings and the computer results, because I think you will come up once again with that infernal masking device that has somehow confused some of our crew.

Both men were attired in the black, formfitting shadow suits with dark glasses masking their eyes.

Street, sweetheart, watching Donnie Marengo put masking tape on a telephone pole.

There were a great many similarities in the destruction of Nevada, The messages received by Pasadena communicated even greater peril, warned that her mission was even more critical to the safety of the nation, and described how the next Russian SSBN also carried a masking device that would allow her to imitate another American boomer, Nevada, perfectly.

Tear gas canisters and smoke grenades and shells began raining down all around the area, the choking and blinding fumes masking the forward movement of the Rebels as they counterattacked the street punks.

However, I feel obliged to tell you that masking responses is an indicator of the sociopathic personality.

It sat among streets of brick-built terrace housing, its faux Tudor timberwork exterior masking a Herculean-scaled interior, panelled in dark oak with Vicwardian stained-glass booths and tiles all around.

Soviet masking device that allowed their boomers to imitate the sound signature of American boomers.

He wanted them to have something more to worry about than the masking device that made Soviet boomers sound American.