half-concealed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“And, always interlaced, there is Sacks’s own irresistible voice, a concoction of humor and half-concealed torment.”
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019
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
Harry looked around, back up the path, and saw Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies standing half-concealed in a rosebush nearby.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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