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Recent Examples of shroud
Noun
The hospital had run out of white shrouds to cover the deceased. Anas Baba, NPR, 6 July 2025 They’re scattered across the globe, using pseudonyms and, of course, communicating under the anonymous shroud of the dark web. Can Yildizli, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Verb
For now, however, it’s shrouded by a vast and obscuring envelope of inflowing material—baby food for a hungry stellar newborn. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 15 July 2025 But until recently, the Franklin Township development's tenant was shrouded in secrecy, protected by several non-disclosure agreements, a holding company created to file documents and a local attorney hired to see the project through the city's rezoning process. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for shroud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shroud
Noun
  • Not only that, but Katie Gaudreau’s veil featured custom messages in her brothers’ handwriting.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
  • The post also pulled back the veil, if only slightly, on the complex and secretive process federal officials use to determine who belongs on terrorism watch lists that can influence decisions every day by employers, airport security and law enforcement.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Speculation online has included allegations that the federal government was concealing information to shield powerful and prominent figures who were allegedly named in case records.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 11 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, her makeup turned more matte with concealed under eyes like at The Blonds Fall 2014 show.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • But this fake overlay simply obscures the app as it is being attacked in the background.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Several of the changes that House Republicans obscured — and lamented, at turns — on Wednesday came thanks to the Senate’s nonpartisan parliamentarian, a referee who has similarly trimmed Democratic ambitions in the past.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • The ear cups are wrapped in a woven cloth to give them a robust finish.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • This is the culmination of storylines, careers and blood feuds wrapped in a Lone Star barbed wire bow.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • The parade is built to shine in the cloak of darkness, with an untold number of lighting effects.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2025
  • The Shaun of the Dead actor, 53, was photographed in Hagrid's signature cloak and billowing hair and beard as production officially commences at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • But these unremarkable principles hide a dramatic shift in the relationship between science and government.
    David Michaels, The Atlantic, 20 July 2025
  • More than a month after the shooting, police located the vehicle Orona had driven, hidden on a Buckeye property owned by his girlfriend’s family.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • This Calvin Klein moment, both distinct and historic, is yet another example of how Beyoncé continues to break boundaries, blurring the lines between performance, fashion, and cultural impact.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 11 July 2025
  • Faced with a series of deadly family secrets, Lowen struggles to separate fiction from reality, while also blurring the lines with Verity’s husband, Jeremy (Hartnett).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The piece is marked by contrasts between the warm, enveloping sounds of the horns and the jagged tension expressed through sighing, sorrowful calls of the clarinet and ominous timpani rolls.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
  • Blink Cincinnati is returning to Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky next year, enveloping the region in a kaleidoscope of lights and sounds for its fifth iteration.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 July 2025

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“Shroud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shroud. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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