veil

Example Sentences

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In the courtroom, Ms Pelicot and her family sat through nearly four months of veiled insinuations and open accusations of complicity from both the defendants and their lawyers.

From BBC

Aisha adjusted her beige veil over her circular-shaped headgear as a matchmaker scrolled through rows of dozens of pictures on a computer to find a man she could be interested in as a potential match.

From Barron's

She gave him money for a deposit, bought bridesmaid dresses for her daughters, a veil, "a few little trinket bits".

From BBC

In another high-spec proposal production, a couple visited an art gallery featuring a painting hidden under a veil.

From Barron's

The moon shone white in the star-filled sky, behind a hazy veil of cloud.

From Literature