Veiled

"Veiled" in a Sentence (13 examples)

His world is full of insubstantialities because of so much indirect, veiled communication.

Patriotism, often a thinly veiled form of collective self-worship, celebrates our goodness, our ideals, our mercy and bemoans the perfidiousness of those who hate us.

The beautiful widow stood by the coffin, her eyes veiled with tears.

Is that a veiled threat?

Criticism of "elitism" is often a veiled attack on intellectualism.

Criticism of "elitism" is often a veiled form of anti-intellectualism.

Criticism of "elitism" is often veiled anti-intellectualism.

Her hair veiled part of her face.

A lady dressed in black and heavily veiled, who had been sitting in the window, rose as we entered.

The moon, veiled by the clouds, illuminated the countryside with a glimmer, equal and vague.

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As usual, Ayesha was veiled like the marble Truth (by the way, I wonder if she originally got the idea of covering up her beauty from that statue?).

veiled threats

When asked about her veiled threat to Professor Jones, that she'd “be sorry,” Ms. Smith said she meant that she would file a formal complaint against Professor Jones for harassment.

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