'veil' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'veil' with 4 example sentences.
- veil noun
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: 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
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: 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.