veil
Example Sentences
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"He's hiding behind that corporate veil," he says.
From BBC
School has always felt like a “veil of protection” for Alex.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's like lifting a veil on the brain's internal architecture. These hidden layers may explain differences in how hippocampal circuits support learning and memory."
From Science Daily
Instead it helps bring home the horror movie’s big theme about the transcendence of art for oppressed people, including “music so true it can pierce the veil between life and death.”
The idea that the mind behind the anaesthetic veil is not entirely silent has long intrigued scientists.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
