veil

We grandchildren always considered our Mama Chela a doña — a grand Mexican dame who never wore pants and frequently covered her hair with a veil out of modesty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The burka is a one-piece veil that covers the face and body.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

And with that veil ripped off, every emotion they didn’t let themselves feel, every word left unsaid, every last regret, all become instantly magnified, sprawling out before them on an endless road.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

She is Syria's first-ever lawmaker to wear the full-face Islamic niqab veil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

The woman’s face stayed a blurry smudge beneath her veil.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Singh’s family this month told local media they had left their home and started wearing veils when in public to avoid being recognized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Under its 40-year-old de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom has loosened its arch-conservatism, allowing women to drive and shed their veils.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025

Suzanne has an iron will that she thinly veils with a solicitous smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

She unwound her traveling veils and threw off her fur tippet.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Australia's Suncorp Super Netball is where the top money is for now and, while salaries are veiled in secrecy, the cream of the crop there are reputedly nudging close to the six-figure mark.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The primary portrait of Adrian that emerges in “Remake” is that of a moody young man, his attitude toward his father flitting between mild tolerance and barely veiled resentment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Last week, she joined a vigil at a Buddhist temple where residents prayed for peace -- a veiled plea for their homes to be spared.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

They made for a pretty portrait, the proud old woman all in green surrounded by the little girls robed and veiled in white, armored in their innocence.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The fabled front was always understood to be window dressing veiling frustrations, squelched desires, and countless other malignancies.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023

The U.N. rights committee said Iran should "amend or repeal laws and policies that criminalise the non-compliance with compulsory veiling... and disband the morality police".

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2023

She styled the tailored look with a headpiece featuring a crinoline base with a layer of tulle and merry widow veiling, adorned with a ribbon bow.

From Washington Times ● May 6, 2023

The role of the morality police, which enforces veiling laws, came under scrutiny after a detainee, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, died in its custody in mid-September.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

I realized there was no fog veiling my window.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer