half-revealed
- a word derived from reveal.
Example Sentences
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There was no one, even in her order, who had her skill at seeing the secrets half-revealed and half-concealed within the sacred flames.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
This is more than I expected," he gasped; then turning, doffed his straw hat to the half-revealed figures beyond the light, and cried, gayly: "Thank you, gentlemen!
From Going Some by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
That half-revealed shadow waving good-bye to Julian, as he stepped into the frosty night, was a shadow on fire.
From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Her arms, no longer rounded as when artists had fought to paint her, were but half-revealed under floating sleeves, and her fair tapering hands were even younger than her face.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
There was something inexpressibly fearful in his viewless vicinity, during the next moment of darkness, to this silent, mysterious form, so imperfectly shown by the lightning that quivered over its half-revealed proportions.
From Antonina by Collins, Wilkie
