Example Sentences

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The mighty secret which he had enshrouded with such awful mystery lay in an envelope in the inside breast-pocket of his monkey-jacket, signed, sealed, stamped, and addressed.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

The new comer was a tall, martial-looking young warrior, who, as he slid down the snow-besprinkled and gaudy-coloured blanket which had enshrouded his head, stood before them in the ordinary Indian dress.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

He fled on the wings—or legs—of fear to the most inaccessible recesses of the mountains, from which he did not emerge till night had enshrouded land and sea.

From The Madman and the Pirate by Twidle, Arthur

With this information—this avowal of her broken heart and hopes—Leah had enshrouded the subject with silence and laid it away, as we lay our treasures in the tomb.

From Leah Mordecai by Abbott, Belle K. (Belle Kendrick)

Mists gathered, and the day did not break,—it seemed as if it might never dawn again; only a pallid visibility came gradually upon clouds that had enshrouded all the world.

From The Frontiersmen by Murfree, Mary Noailles