How to Use secret in a Sentence

secret

1 of 2 adjective
  • I don't know the secret password.
  • They've been very secret about their plans.
  • He was sent on a secret mission.
  • The message was written in secret code.
  • She tried to keep her marriage secret.
  • Her secret wish is to become a senator.
  • They engaged in secret negotiations with the enemy.
  • Our lips are our secret weapon, but the winter weather can leave them dry and chapped.
    Essence, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The spot even has its own secret entrance for celebrities.
    Michelle Duncan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Knock, wait for the sliding peephole to open and provide the secret password.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The couple had a secret wedding that night — which was a surprise to Hannah.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The antique secretary in the mudroom hides mail and a secret stash of beloved vases.
    House Beautiful, 17 May 2023
  • Staff hired to pull off the secret soiree had to sign non-disclosure agreements, the site said Friday.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • If the lip-sync assassin wins, a secret group vote will determine which queen gets the chop.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 10 May 2023
  • This was kept secret until the 1990s, when millions of dollars were spent on removal and clean-up.
    Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But why would a secret aircraft fly in full view of imaging satellites?
    Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • Red clamps and blue tape take credit for the hard work done by secret dabs of glue, while other yips of color compete with the gray floors, and lose.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Within the park lies a web of hiking trails, secret waterfalls, and herds of elephants.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • In July, 1971, with the help of Pakistan’s military, Kissinger made a secret trip to China.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Dunkin’ says rewards members get access to deals and secret menu items and earn points towards free food and drinks.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • And, hidden among the foliage, there’s a secret outdoor shower.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The secret ingredient, which most lack and all will need to embrace in the future, is system-ness.
    Robert Pearl, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The law, the first of its kind, will also keep secret visitor logs to the governor’s mansion and his office.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 12 May 2023
  • There was one more secret Amanda had been keeping from Razvan, even while filming the tell-all.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Inside the Proud Boys trial: Videos and secret chats revealed how the Jan. 6 plot unfolded.
    Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • From vitamin C serums to curl creams, Amazon’s secret list of on-sale items just keeps on growing.
    Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 13 June 2023
  • The secret ingredient in this cozy and creamy casserole is a cup of cottage cheese.
    Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2026
  • On top of that, there’s the secret $2-million payout to the county’s top executive.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • It’s also made with two secret pockets—one on each side of the jumpsuit.
    Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Ours was a secret relationship and our universes were very much separate.
    Fatima Bhutto, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2026

secret

2 of 2 noun
  • The secret to a good sauce is the base.
  • Don't tell him about the party—it's a secret.
  • She shared her beauty secrets with the group.
  • I'm going to tell you a secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else.
  • You always look great. What's your secret?
  • Whitney wasn’t the only housewife on the couch to have her secret spilled.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Until that point, great pains had been taken to keep the secret.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • As their fame grew, so did the pressure to keep the secret — and the inevitability that the truth would come out.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Who knows what new secrets the sun will reveal to us next?
    Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The danger of such neighborhoods is that old secrets are known to all.
    Elena Lappin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • After Kendall’s good friend Death leaves, Kendall tells a secret to the hamster.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 June 2023
  • Before White Blood Cells, the band had been, for the most part, an underground secret.
    Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 1 June 2023
  • Luckily, Blake, 35, has shared some health secrets in the past.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 28 July 2023
  • But the location of her favorite paw paw patch is a secret.
    Scott Enman, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
  • In Vogue’s latest episode of Off the Cuff, the two co-stars giggle over secrets, spoilers, dream roles, and items stolen from set.
    Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Could Kelce have been in on the big secret about Swift’s upcoming album?
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • What's the secret to keeping the spark alive in your relationship?
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • Danes and Olyphant shine as a couple with a few major-league secrets between them.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Well, we were inspired by her sleek physique and wanted to share some of her workout secrets with you all.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Nov. 2023
  • That secret is very likely to come out soon and will have ripple effects in our friend group.
    Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Will Christie be able to unlock all her family’s secrets and escape the curse that has doomed so many over the years?
    Mike Rose, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • Gabriela Amerth, 28, had kept Logan’s death a secret since last summer.
    Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 28 May 2023
  • There are grudges, and wounds, and a terrible racist secret in the attic, as there is in much of American life.
    Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
  • That led to five years of dating in secret because of my mom’s family.
    Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Then, if the conditions are right, the system can reconstruct the secret.
    Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The whole idea that magic is built on secrets is a very superficial idea.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The universe may plan on keeping the rest of its secrets.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Rachel McAdams is not a secret waiting to be unearthed.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But the secret to your future success might be in a high ticket offer.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Trump has made little secret of his desire to tighten the screws.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026

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