veil

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

She detects a generalized funk poisoning our existence and asks, not unreasonably, “What is with this bummer veil cast over everything fun or exciting?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Madonna started the record craving anonymity but by the end she's lifted that purple veil.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I think of Midwest summer nights where the humidity lies on my skin like a veil.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

It looked like there were two layers of clouds now, one layer lower, like gray veil spread before the other.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Marked by veils of heavily diluted color that are rubbed into the canvas weave to create a weightless, matte effect, its soft, evanescent surface was intended to read, Whistler said, “like breath on glass.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

No one lies down—the chorus members don delicate face veils and hold lighted candles to show when they are sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

Perhaps the canvas’ most beautiful feature is the rich skin of black acrylic paint within which he and his steed, both rendered in soft veils of thin gouache, are embedded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

Max noticed that some of the androids ahead of them were actually wearing hoodies that hung down over their faces in the same way as veils.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Jackson described the document as a thinly veiled attempt to “prejudice Mr. Flores and impact the jury pool” by releasing damaging information about the officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

"Presentations should not turn into self-representations," he wrote, in a thinly veiled swipe at Federov's long, detailed news conference last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Photos taken by local media outlet The Collective showed officers removing lyrics of a Cantonese song -- a veiled reference to huge and sometimes violent democracy protests in 2019 -- from the shop window.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

I strained my eyes upon that cliffside veiled in cloud, but nowhere could I catch sight of her.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

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

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

Forced veiling, it’s important to note, was unpopular with many Iranian women from the beginning.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

Dozens of women have been jailed in Iran for their activism against forced veiling, according to rights groups.

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2022

The bottle careens and thuds to the carpet, ink pours down over the skyscape, veiling Mrs. Smeath in Parker’s Washable Blue.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood