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Recent Examples of shroud
Noun
The plastic bodywork has been sharpened all around, too, with the tank shrouds now reaching the front forks. New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025 After spending the first part of the season distraught over potentially being married off to the Duke through a shroud financial deal negotiated by her parents, Gladys finally walked down the aisle. Stacy Lambe, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Although that death shaped Lee’s life and priorities, the facts surrounding it remained elusive, shrouded in silence and secrets. Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The program, initially shrouded in secrecy, was later confirmed by both Pyongyang and Moscow. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shroud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shroud
Noun
  • The above-and-beyond production design and costumes are filled with both period-appropriate lushness and totally idiosyncratic touches, like sarcophagi that showcase the naked faces of the dead and several flowing gowns that resemble full-length veils.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The thoughtful musings of eleven museum workers (curators, guards, and other staff) are woven together by Calle to create a fluid narrative on silkscreen embroidered on veil.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Responding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Senate Bill 627 would prohibit law enforcement on the local, state and federal level from wearing masks that conceal their identity in the course of duty.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There are three other food and beverage venues, including El Secreto, a hidden salon and bar, quietly concealed behind an unmarked door on the hotel’s second floor, and La Cava, the adjacent emerald-toned jewel that is Faena’s wine cellar, an intimate setting for unforgettable private gatherings.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bill would prohibit federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing masks that obscure their identity during public-facing operations, with exemptions for medical and undercover purposes.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Justin shares Jack with wife Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and while the couple often shares photos of their son, his face is often obscured.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In at least one post, he can be seen dragging a saltwater crocodile out of the water and holding it up to the camera with his hands wrapped around its neck.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The first photo in the carousel showed Brooks posing with her arms wrapped around her husband-to-be, flashing her ring as the couple posed for the camera in the black-and-white shot.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While Sinner only survived by the skin of his teeth at SW19 after Grigor Dimitrov retired hurt at two sets up in their last 16 clash, Alcaraz has been wearing an invincibility cloak for the 15 days of the main draw at Flushing Meadows.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Bats don’t just sneak under the cloak of night, evading the human eye.
    Calista Oetama, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.
    Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Other newborns were given away by their grandparents who conspired with doctors, priests and nuns to hide a daughter’s socially embarrassing pregnancy.
    Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Long Walk uses the rawness of its spartan premise to venture deep into uncomfortable territory, culminating in an ending that blurs the lines between perseverance and defeat, hope and nihilism.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On the third floor, The World of RH Bar and Lounge showcases highlights from other RH destinations around the world, including two jets RH One and Two, the RH Three yacht, and 26 restaurants and bars, showing how seamlessly the brand blurs the line between lifestyle and design.
    Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The evocative mural, by Argentine artist Diego Gravinese, is mythical and mystical, in soft yet bright colors that envelop the entrance, where a white and gold spiral staircase breaks up the vast painting.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The fabric glides across your skin with a soft sensuality, enveloping you in a whisper of luxury.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shroud. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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