cloak
Example Sentences
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“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
“You won’t be in the shadows forever,” Blake tells his intrepid team members—who, like the real-life Mr. Stanton, still maintain the cloak, if not the dagger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Chanting can then be heard in the background as clips show Princess Irulan removing the hood of her cloak.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Her cloak billowed after her like a wind-filled sail.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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