half-concealed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Who stole Padma’s phone — half-concealed in her kurta, and visible when she was first discovered hanging from the tree?
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
And, always interlaced, there is Sacks’s own irresistible voice, a concoction of humor and half-concealed torment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2019
I wandered around munching, sipping and enjoying the music of the talented string quartet that was half-concealed behind a bank of festive shrubbery.
From Nature ● Dec. 18, 2018
In part he’s joking; but he also believes it, voicing a half-concealed resentment.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2016
Biff’s eyes were cold and staring, half-concealed by the cynical droop of his eyelids.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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