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Recent Examples of veil
Noun
While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead. Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 Love her veil/mask, love the eye makeup, love the pivot from the pigtail braids. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
From thereon in, a pin popped the faint, thinly veiled wall of hope. Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025 This is a gentle way to alert him to the certificate situation, while legitimately veiling it under the more polite guise that your concern is really about her health. Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for veil
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veil
Noun
  • Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Next, unwrap your headless body from its shroud.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The student allegedly admitted to taking the gun on Sunday while his uncle was in the shower and then bringing it onto the bus concealed in his pocket, according to the affidavit.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • She is charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant, the Lexington Police Department said in a news release.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 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
  • And now there’s another reason users may click to hide — dynamic pricing.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And best of all, the mirror distracts guests from registering that there’s a coat hanger hiding ‘round back.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gradually, the darkness surrounding them gave way to buildings and overhead lights, until the red of dawn enveloped the coast alongside them.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Gnawing paranoia inevitably awakens Pynchon’s characters to the matrix of control enveloping their lives.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 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
Noun
  • And then the sea sent the boat shooting upward again, to the crest of a wave, the sky a blanket of stars.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The caramel and vanilla bourbon become even more pronounced, creating this cozy, wrap-you-up-in-a-blanket feeling that’s absolutely addictive.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Veil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veil. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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