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verb

past tense of cloak

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cloaked
Adjective
While the interior of the cloaked region remained at a safe, uniform temperature, protected from external extremes. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 None of this would’ve been possible without Lively and Baldoni, adversaries whose spite and resources compelled them to continue to pursue litigation when just about everyone else in their positions would have quickly settled in the cloaked realm of arbitration. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026 Suddenly a cloaked figure appears, and the audience, dressed to the nines in black, white and silver formal attire, is moving again, swept down an escalator and launched into a new scene. Abraham Swee, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Other guests remain cloaked in mystery, which suited the experience fine. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026 The new character, also called Six Ravens, will sometimes be portrayed as a black bird and other times as a mysterious, cloaked woman with a raven mask. Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026 So, who was that cloaked figure? People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025 Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures. Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025 Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Titan is a geologically active world cloaked in an atmosphere denser than Earth's, its landscape shaped by seas of liquid methane and vast dunes built from organic particles that rain out of its skies. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 July 2026 To push the envelope, the researchers even successfully cloaked highly irregular geometries, including a detailed 3D model of a human head. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, who cloaked uncompromising feminist ideals in stories and novels that glowed with magical realism, died on July 3 in San Francisco following a stroke. News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026 Minutes already had been inscrutable enough, with officials cloaked in anonymity and vague quantifiers used to reflect group sentiment at the meeting. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 July 2026 Fifty years ago, the hijackers at Entebbe also cloaked themselves in the language of liberation. Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Trimmed in gingerbread and cloaked in velvet and maximalist wallpaper, the 45-room auberge often draws visitors for special occasions. Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Though the plans are cloaked in secrecy, tabloids suggest something is set to happen on July 3 in New York, possibly something involving Madison Square Garden. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026 From the far reaches of Brooklyn to the side streets of Chinatown and right into the beating heart of Lower Manhattan—the site of the Knicks’ Parade of Champions—the entire city was cloaked in blue and orange. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloaked
Adjective
  • The flashbacks this week are also quite thrilling, even if there’s not much to say about them yet, given that what’s happening to the Keene siblings remains shrouded in mystery.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Last month, the brand updated its Instagram profile image to feature a covered logo and posted videos from the stadium showing the shrouded emblem at the entrance and above the scoreboard.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Business leaders grappling with AI adoption can learn from historical figures like Caliph Harun al-Rashid, who disguised himself to understand his empire.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In a particularly deft move, Ruppert commissioned a custom casing for a Samsung Frame TV—disguised among the works—to echo their frames.
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • His remarkable body of work reminds us that the most profound dramas are often concealed within everyday life.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Missiles and launch vehicles can remain concealed until they are needed, limiting the time during which they are exposed to satellites, aircraft, and drones.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • The masked suspect is described as between 5 feet, 9 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches tall with a medium build.
    Michael Ruiz , Kelley Kramer, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The three boys were approached by a masked man on the street.
    Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • In 2013, another designer, Sang Mun, released ZXX, a typeface with four fonts camouflaged with visual noise that foiled optical character recognition software while remaining visible to humans.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Copperheads are well camouflaged, and operate as sit-and-wait predators.
    Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Gros Morne National Park combines relatively dark skies with the deepest eclipse in eastern North America, with nearly half of the sun obscured at maximum.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2026
  • Severely nearsighted, Isul wore eyeglasses with thick plastic lenses, which obscured her lovely, small eyes.
    Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Adjective
  • The shaded areas of the map show the approximate boundaries where air quality is available and listed as anything other than good.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 17 July 2026
  • To ensure safety during outdoor work, adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s recommendations by incorporating regular rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Another criminalist testified earlier in the multi-day probable cause hearing that several Clorox-type wipes covered in brown stains were found in an inner trash bag placed inside the outer bag.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.
    Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026

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“Cloaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloaked. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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