Example Sentences

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Britney Spears and her ex, Justin Timberlake, are back to airing their grievances towards each other in ways that pop stars do best — via live performances and half-veiled attacks on social media.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

There was a certain relief that Soviet intentions regarding Greece, never more than half-veiled, were fully out in the open again.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, museums in Dijon and Basel have similar paintings �of a woman, half-veiled, sitting at her dressing table.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the distance they glimpsed yet another river in a stony valley half-veiled in mist.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He continues to struggle with his ill-omened "permit," but, by and by, becoming aware of her gaze, glances consciously over his shoulder and meets her half-veiled eyes.

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various