shroud
Example Sentences
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If no one came to identify her, the team would prepare a clean white shroud, wash her according to Muslim custom and bury her nearby.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
“We expect that the shroud of uncertainty created by the conflict will weigh on the PMI this month.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
And she has gold lozenges painted all around the perimeter of her shroud, done tastefully, without obvious ostentation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Interactive features include a kiosk that digitally separates each level of the shroud so visitors can examine just the blood stains, just the burn marks or just the shadowy image.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
They lifted Grandfather’s shroud by the top and the bottom and prepared to fling it into the open grave.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing shroud
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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