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'veil' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'veil' with 4 example sentences.


veil noun

: a garment that covers the head and face

: a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

veil verb

: to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing


  • This bride is covering her face with a veil.
  • The beautiful widow stood by the coffin, her eyes veiled with tears.
  • Criticism of "elitism" is often veiled anti-intellectualism.
  • It was night, and a veil of darkness covered the streets.
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