cloak

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 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

Actor Sydney Sweeney was in the spotlight Monday after being captured on video recently scaling the H of the Hollywood sign under the cloak of darkness — to hang up some bras.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

He stripped off his cloak, set his monocle on the table, and slumped into the leather chair beside the hearth.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman