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Others belie their weighty payloads with a veil-like fluttering, shunning complex characters and precise details in favor of less fixable quantities like mood, movement and texture.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2018

"The idea was to create something ephemeral and veil-like," says architect Michael Gabellini, "so the windows aren’t just apertures but also offer a theatrical effect."

From Architectural Digest • Sep. 30, 2014

Sometimes his veil-like layers of images can almost be mistaken for work by the German artist Sigmar Polke, who laid much of the groundwork for 1980s Neo-Expressionism.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010

The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out.

From She by Haggard, Henry Rider

Long spears of light flashed up through misty, veil-like clouds, seeming to invite the boys to the West, as if holding out to them promises of great things in store.

From Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)