cloak
Example Sentences
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They wanted to be able to cloak this in the air of legitimacy, when it has nothing to do with what a real lawsuit would look like.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Some scientists describe this as the disease hiding behind an "invisibility cloak".
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Turning to his anxious helmsman, Pericles took his cloak and held it in front of the man’s eyes, asking if this made him frightened.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A torn strip of black fabric— from Edward Ashton’s cloak, perhaps?—was tucked inside as a bookmark.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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The Balcony Scene from "Romeo and Juliet"
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