veil

Example Sentences

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My mother’s been surprising me all day, and it feels like a veil’s been removed and I’m finally getting to know her.

From Literature

Her white umbrella, matching wide-brimmed hat and long gauzy veil was complemented by a sleeveless turquoise dress over pleated white trousers.

From Barron's

She chose not to wear the white hat and veil again and also arrived without the white umbrella - but that did not stop some fans in the stands trying to imitate the already-iconic look.

From BBC

"I imagined tearing off my veil, trampling it, ripping it, burning it," she writes -- which she did at the World Championship in Moscow in December 2019.

From Barron's

In family photos he appears next to his grandmother, wearing a traditional Moroccan veil.

From BBC