veil
noun
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
has veiled
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present perfectof veil (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Author Gauvreau has veiled his characters with flimsy disguises which re quire no seasoned newsmen to penetrate.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will be well if it can drive away the cloud Whose humid covering hitherto has veiled life's sun.
From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Martha A. Lyon Holcomb
But the night has veiled the tears in their eyes and the dumb sobs of their mouths, and I cannot weep with them.
From The Well of Saint Clare by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson
There are topics which admit of plein-air handling, and topics which civilized man, as apart from his artless brother of the jungles, has veiled with reticence.
From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
Perhaps it is the very assumption of this condition in our daily thoughts that has veiled the psychological problem it presents.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes
