veil

Example Sentences

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Grede also recommends abandoning “women-helping-women culture,” which she describes as hiding “our wants under the veil of friendship.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

We have become fantastic at interacting with surfaces, all while our data is harvested and our attention monetized behind the veil of user-friendliness.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

"All he did was tear away that fragile veil in advance, placing the reality outside the room plainly on the table," one Xiaohongshu post read after his death.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

I added the gloves, the veil and the shoe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The only sign that anyone—er, anything—had been standing there a moment earlier was the black veil and black dress left behind on the floor.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix