cloak

Example Sentences

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The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"The night the cloak came off," blazed a headline in the Indian Express newspaper.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

By the time it reached final inspection it had acquired a cloak of ruby-red metallic paint, diamond-white LED headlamps and a mouthful of metal grillework as bright as a tea service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Most of those selected to wear the killer’s cloak in “The Traitors” come to this conclusion, but not as woefully as Rausch.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

A bird hanging on a grass stem released a happy trill, and Sigurd whipped around completely, bear cloak flapping behind him, as he strode toward them.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack