shroud
noun
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
shrouding
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present participleof shroud.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The overarching question shrouding the film is not, “Did they do it?” but rather, “So what if they did?”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Toiling around the clock, haggard Indonesian firefighters on Borneo island cannot keep up with the blazes devouring landscapes and shrouding communities in a cloying haze.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Then Levi’s went further, shrouding real-life signs at stores across the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The toxic haze shrouding the Indian capital, Delhi, spares no-one, but its children are counting the biggest cost of the city's worsening and recurrent pollution problem.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
When all was burned they quenched the flame with wine and gathered the bones into a golden urn, shrouding them in soft purple.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
