veil
Example Sentences
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Instead it helps bring home the horror movie’s big theme about the transcendence of art for oppressed people, including “music so true it can pierce the veil between life and death.”
The idea that the mind behind the anaesthetic veil is not entirely silent has long intrigued scientists.
From BBC
Clarence Dillon was portrayed in the press as a model investment banker, but his public image veiled a darker reality.
Several female celebrities and activists have also in recent months posted photos of themselves on social media without the veil.
From Reuters
It’s not an exaggeration to say that a decade or so ago, the place heaved with a thinly veiled, light beer-and-cigars sexism.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
