half-concealed
Britishadjective
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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
“And, always interlaced, there is Sacks’s own irresistible voice, a concoction of humor and half-concealed torment.”
From New York Times
And, always interlaced, there is Sacks’s own irresistible voice, a concoction of humor and half-concealed torment.
From New York Times
On busy days, my web-watching might comprise little more than a brief reconnaissance of my garden before I start work: here a web dotted in fresh prey, its owner happily sated by its breakfast of liquefied aphid innards; there one damaged by some nocturnal disturbance, its owner half-concealed on a stem of honeysuckle, already busy planning a replacement.
From New York Times
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
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