Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions
Trivia Time
Which tools did the magician Harry Houdini conceal in his tricks?

conceal

[kuhn-seel] / kənˈsil /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Report cards covered in A’s can conceal years of missed learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Former lovers, they cannot conceal from themselves or each other the depth of their old attachment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

From today, police and community protection officers will be able to ask people to remove coverings if they "reasonably believe" they are being used to conceal their identity to commit crime or anti-social behaviour.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said on Friday it would use new powers under the Crime and Policing Act to prevent people involved in protest activity from wearing face coverings that conceal their identity.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

There may be things which would frighten her to hear; and yet to conceal them from her might be worse than to tell her if once she suspected that there was any concealment.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Taiwan, once widely known as Formosa, conceals a remarkable natural world within its steep and rugged interior.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The presidency is a skin suit that barely conceals this ambition.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Heusinger’s James has a seductive earnestness that conceals some shocking character developments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

Pop Mart is best known for selling toys in "blind boxes" - a type of packaging that conceals its contents until it is opened.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

I know she’s told some story that conceals what really happened, as I have.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

This was "instead recorded in a consultancy agreement" and "concealed the true extent of the club's liabilities".

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

A colony can remain concealed inside a piece of wood, with winged reproductive termites representing one of the few life stages that routinely venture outside.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

A score by Latham and Shelby Gaines balances discordant, atonal tones with suspense-driven sound design that captures the creaking noises of the forest and the concealed dangers it holds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Just the explanation that the verification system was down — an explanation that, in hindsight, seems to have concealed the more important fact that my coverage had already ended three days earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

“The ‘fowl’ smell can be concealed by confining our preparations to the chicken coop.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Rika, concealing a pregnancy, agrees to marry a well-to-do American and move to Idaho, where Naomi is born.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

In 1998, Max was sentenced to community service teaching art in Harlem and a $30,000 fine after prosecutors charged him with concealing $714,000 in income from art sales between 1988 and 1991.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Nottingham ban is aimed at people whom police believe are concealing their identity to commit a crime or anti-social behaviour.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Although few places are better than Hollywood at crafting a narrative and concealing what happens off-frame, a Los Angeles Times survey of job postings sheds light on what is happening offstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

But before I reach the gallery I come to a wall of plywood, concealing a demolition.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




Vocabulary lists containing conceal


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training