cloak-and-dagger

Example Sentences

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Mr. Corera is well-versed in the cloak-and-dagger world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

In a year that’s already given us one superlative case of adult peekaboo — Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag” — “Relay” proves there’s still more room for smart, punchy cloak-and-dagger options.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

It involved allegations of financial impropriety at the top of the Vatican, cloak-and-dagger activity of the kind that has often characterised the secretive world of the Holy See.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

Now her new group, Groundswell, took shape, coupling a theatrical cloak-and-dagger sensibility with an inability to keep secrets.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022

We played a cloak-and-dagger game, passing notes in books and such.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals