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.
were veiling
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past progressiveof veil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Deep shadows were veiling from us the majesty of the skies.
From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
But Sicinnius and Brutus, the tribunes of the people, now interposed, crying aloud that the consuls were veiling a most barbarous action under the specious name of sending out colonists.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
Her downcast eyelids fluttered as though she, too, were veiling some suppressed, triumphant secret.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
The distant hills were veiling themselves in a violet haze, and in the high hedgerows the birds were still.
From The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine
They strolled in silence for some minutes, until Una, happening to look up, saw that Lady Bell’s face was quite pale, and that something suspiciously like tears were veiling the brightness of the dark eyes.
From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice
