veil
Example Sentences
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The veil between this world and the next is so thin that Clark can literally walk right through it, from his dingy store into the familiar yellow dimension of the film’s opening sequence.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
Her face was concealed by a veil, a wide-brim hat and a white parasol that she said was inspired by an image of a jellyfish that excited her 2-year-old daughter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Mehrab was arrested back in 2022, during nationwide protests that followed the death in police custody of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for not wearing her veil properly.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Some young women veil during Mass; others are picking up the rosary, an older form of prayer that they say they are encountering for the first time as adults.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
He spotted the exit and sprinted toward it, but a figure loomed in front of him—a woman in robes of dry swirling earth, her face covered in a veil of dust.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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