cloak
noun
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
had cloaked
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past perfectof cloak.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Moscow's Covid-19 lockdown had cloaked proceedings in an even thicker layer of secrecy, with both press and public barred from the building right up until the final verdict.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2020
The photo was professionally shot and was taken in Annese’s lab, after the various membranes that had cloaked it were removed, leaving it fully exposed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
He opened an organization — “my directive,” he said — that the former coach Eric Mangini had cloaked in secrecy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2010
What Medvedev calls the "conspiracy of silence" that had cloaked the Soviet nuclear power program in secrecy and lies for 35 years added to the human and environmental cost.
From Time Magazine Archive
She found a guilty pleasure in the humility he had cloaked himself in since Amala gave birth.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
