veil

A white veil from Claire’s at the mall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The burka is a veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face and body, often leaving a mesh screen to see through.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sadhguru's "sacred walks", organised by his Isha Foundation, promised a journey to a place "of divine connection, where the veil between the physical and spiritual is thin".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

If they do, I predict we’ll see the veil between entertainment and advertising grow even thinner than it is now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

One was a veil and the other a maiden’s cloak.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The beauty of “La Petite Irène” and “Pink and Blue” only veils the treachery and cruelty of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

No one lies down—the chorus members don delicate face veils and hold lighted candles to show when they are sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

You could feel the energy coursing through the room of well-spoken women, some wearing tightly wrapped headscarves, others in head-to-toe veils, and some -including Kabawat - bare-headed.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Under its 40-year-old de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom has loosened its arch-conservatism, allowing women to drive and shed their veils.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

Behind it there hung a vast shadow, ominous as a thunder-cloud, the veils of Barad-dûr that was reared far away upon a long spur of the Ashen Mountains thrust down from the North.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Set between 2019 and 2021, Sorkin’s film stares down the dawn of a new decade, preparing for the birth of our current web of chaos, cruelty and thinly veiled deceit.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

I learned an important lesson from this before my veiled bride even walked down the aisle: when, and how, to compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Lib Dem MP for Bicester Calum Miller previously said the plans had been "veiled in secrecy" and that the process did not guarantee public participation "beyond a narrow list of statutory bodies".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Knight Law Group denied inflating their billing, calling the suit a “thinly veiled attempt to silence firms who would dare to hold them responsible and seek justice for consumers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

With a few notable exceptions, most of the stories were thinly veiled accounts of the author's life as he or she attempted to complete the assignment.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

She styled the tailored look with a headpiece featuring a crinoline base with a layer of tulle and merry widow veiling, adorned with a ribbon bow.

From Washington Times ● May 6, 2023

A century or more ago, strict veiling was largely limited to Iran’s upper classes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

Dozens of women have been jailed in Iran for their activism against forced veiling, according to rights groups.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2022

With each new season the character development wanes further, and metaphors lose more of their creative veiling.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022

She lifted the cover from the pot of rice, and steam rose like a thick smoke, veiling her face.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin