shroud

Example Sentences

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And she has gold lozenges painted all around the perimeter of her shroud, done tastefully, without obvious ostentation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Hidden beneath that thick acoustic engine shroud, the new high-output turbo assembly isn’t much to look at.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Grief hangs like a shroud in the house, while Njoki's chair sits empty.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

“That means that the government cannot usher any detainees onto planes in a shroud of secrecy,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote Monday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

They lifted Grandfather’s shroud by the top and the bottom and prepared to fling it into the open grave.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson