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Sentence count:225+10Posted:2016-09-12Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: camouflagecloakconcealcoverdisguiseeclipsehidemaskobscurescreenAntonym: unveilSimilar words: surveillanceceilingcave ingive inbelieve inMeaning: [veɪl]  n. 1. a garment that covers the head and face 2. the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth) 3. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl. v. 1. to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil 2. make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. 
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31 Yes, well I think we'll just draw a veil over what went on last night.
32 The clamour to draw a veil over the minister's extra-marital activities reeks of hypocrisy.
33 The mountain tops were hidden beneath a veil of mist.
34 The eruption has left a thin veil of dust in the upper atmosphere.
35 The country is ridding itself of its disgraced prime minister in a veil of secrecy.
36 I propose to draw a veil over the appalling events that followed.
37 The government has decided to lift the veil on its plans.
38 I'd rather draw a veil over what happened last night.
39 Please veil your face.
40 I think it best to draw a veil over the whole incident.
41 The government has been urged to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the minister's unexpected resignation.
42 Whose light retires behind its veil of cloud.
43 Her hat was mauve plush with a veil.
44 The bride wore a veil made of ivory net.
45 Red hair escaped from under her veil.
46 His brain drew a veil over the sickening consequences.
47 The veil was her security blanket.
48 A compliment is like a kiss through a veilVictor Hugo 
49 The tiara had not glittered in Nicandra's wedding veil.
50 Billykins's jaw sagged under her veil.
51 Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. Lord Chesterfield 
52 Beyond the budding boughs I could see the edge of its shadow drawing its veil aside.
53 The client has thrown a veil of secrecy over the development[sentencedict.com],(http://sentencedict.com/veil.html) with contractors reluctant to discuss the project.
54 In the bows the boatman's wife sat muffled from head to foot, invisible behind her veil, anonymous.
55 Sister ministered to staff and patients alike and was known everywhere as the Lady with the Veil.
56 It was screened by a large veil or curtain. Behind it was the altar of incense.
57 I dressed and then went to my suitcase, searching for an old, black veil.
58 The heat of the sun seemed absorbed into her black veil which was ragged and dusty.
59 He recognized that, although she had worn the veil for several years, she had never made her monastic profession.
60 Often the toga was drawn over his head to make a veil, worn at the performance of religious rites.
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