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Now Jack was veiling too and Ralph could no longer make himself heard.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The instant flashed forth like a point of light and now from cloud on cloud of vague circumstance confused form was veiling softly its afterglow.

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

"At a lunar eclipse the Orinoko Indians seized their hoes and laboured with exemplary vigour on their growing corn, saying the moon was veiling herself in anger at their habitual laziness."

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy

The sun had set when Mr. Leonard reached Spruce Cove, and the harbour was veiling itself in a wondrous twilight splendour.

From Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Phoebe paused and the major was astonished to see that she was veiling tears with her thick black lashes.

From Andrew the Glad by Daviess, Maria Thompson