shrouds 1 of 2

plural of shroud

shrouds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shroud
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shrouds
Noun
That’s because cutting-edge encryption shrouds information behind mathematical problems (such as factoring enormous numbers) that are conjectured to be unsolvable in any practical amount of time. Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025 Some wear kittles, white burial shrouds, to signify repentance, according to History. Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025 Smoke from western wildfires shrouds downtown buildings with the Cheyenne Mountain in the background on August 12 in Colorado Springs. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 The plastic bodywork has been sharpened all around, too, with the tank shrouds now reaching the front forks. New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2025 Mesopotamian corpses, stirred by the babble of trade, wander the halls wrapped in shrouds of extravagant malice. David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
Verb
The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025 Through the haze of doom that shrouds climate science shines the passion behind the quest to understand and solve one of the greatest challenges humanity has faced. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrouds
Noun
  • The launch produced a bright, silver-white plume that changed into colorful veils as the sun illuminated the high exhaust at about 70-110 km (45-70 miles).
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Hidden within veils of gas and dust lies the brilliant heart of Messier 82 (M82), better known as the Cigar Galaxy.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Thick and fast-growing, the greenery conceals a chain-link fence that helps with crowd control between the stands and field.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But in a market where definitional confusion obscures risk and competitive tensions drive narratives, distinguishing signal from noise is increasingly critical and difficult.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • China, by contrast, communicates through political rhetoric that obscures bureaucratic intent.
    Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, as the project wraps in coming years, that total will soar to 5,700 acres.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The beauty of the design is that the wood wraps around the entire back.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • My freshman-year college roommate brought an entire underbed storage tub full of medieval costumes (multiple petticoats and cloaks).
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There, on opening night in August 1912, an audience in aigrettes and opera cloaks had watched, electrified, as Vaslav Nijinsky danced The Spectre of the Rose with the Ballets Russes.
    Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Incarceration often hides in plain sight.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The scene from Badlands hangs over the songwriting like a dark cloud; Spacek’s bedroom in the scene looks quite a bit like the bedroom in which the young Springsteen hides from his own angry father.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For a garden that blurs the lines between traditional and modern, combine a clean hardscape with aged materials and spilling plants.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Civil liberties groups and university associations have since argued that the order blurs the line between national security vetting and political censorship.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dense forest envelops its cobblestone streets, funky gingerbread houses, and colorful staircases.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Exploring the human washing machine The New machine looks like a sleek, oversized bathtub with a canopy that envelops the user.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Shrouds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrouds. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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