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

And to-night the great god Kelly has veiled his face from me, and I'm on my knees at his altar sacrificing every shred of sweet temper to propitiate him.

From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Since he assumed the kingship, no cloud has veiled the sun for the space of a day from the middle of spring to the middle of autumn.

From The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes by Eliot, Charles William

She revealed one of the grandest secrets of the universe to the first seeker; showed her highest beauty to her first ardent lover, and has veiled herself from the prying eyes of later comers.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

By a close and rigorous study of every changing form in which the Self has veiled himself.

From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood