How to Use secrecy in a Sentence

secrecy

noun

• The secrecy of the compound was evident in the wake of Medeiros’ death.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• The secrecy about the film has been purposeful, as many of the cast members have said.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• Much of the deal is shrouded in secrecy, including the date of the hostages’ return.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 Aug. 2023
• They are shrouded in secrecy in a way adult courts are not.
  — Meribah Knight, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2023
• There’s a reason the whole thing had been shrouded in secrecy.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
• In her memoir, the e-mail marks the fulcrum between the secrecy of her past and her more open future.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• No sooner has the trio made a pact of secrecy than their families start to find out.
  — Time, 30 June 2023
• Despite the secrecy, some details have emerged, even as the final choice has not.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023
• Starting in the 1970s, shelters were built on the assumption that secrecy is safest.
  — Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 24 May 2023
• That model stems from the belief that secrecy keeps survivors safe from their abusers.
  — Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 24 May 2023
• The military police could kick down any door with impunity, and the new band had to play in secrecy.
  — Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023
• This means the secrecy and shroud of silence will continue at USC any time there is a scandal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• Steeped in secrecy and a burning desire for revenge, her return to Havana is a chance to right the wrong that has been done to her—and her prey is on the ship.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• The cases have been shrouded in secrecy with sparse details about the nature of their cases.
  — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Most of the participants, sworn to an oath of secrecy, took their identities as Tea Partiers to their graves.
  — The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
• McKellen says that the secrecy and threat of scandal that Erskine has to endure is what pushes him to the dark side.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• Living in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica, the giant sea spider has hatched its young in secrecy for over 140 years.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• The effort took place in total secrecy, kept even from Congress.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2023
• The White House Situation Room — a space of great mystique and even greater secrecy — just got a $50 million facelift.
  — Colleen Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• At the time, Harlow didn’t reveal anything surrounding the album’s track list and features, but the secrecy was well worth the wait.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2023
• To preserve secrecy, other agencies were kept in the dark about the initiative.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• It had been built as a Masonic Temple, but by 1969 that edifice of secrecy had become the coolest rock and roll club and venue in town, the Rock Pile.
  — Geddy Lee, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
• At least eight were finalized, though that figure might be higher since such deals can be cloaked in secrecy and take time to come to light.
  — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• But the secrecy has risen to another, strange level in recent months.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• In recent years, the provenance of works connected to him, many of which were shrouded in secrecy, has been tainted.
  — Natasha Frost, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• The people who worked and lived at Los Alamos were bound by secrecy and, with few exceptions, unable to leave.
  — Time, 24 July 2023
• According to Wednesday’s reports, Cattrall’s cameo was filmed in secrecy in March, with her name not appearing on the call sheet for the day of the shoot.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 31 May 2023
• There’s a certain level of anonymity and secrecy that people love and respect, but without the overt mind tricks.
  — Josh Chesler, Spin, 23 Aug. 2023
• Sooner or late, the doctor’s appointments stop, and the protective wall of secrecy goes back up.
  — Haley Weiss, Time, 24 July 2023
• After years of secrecy, the group has started on an apology tour.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024