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Meanings of veiled in English

Having or as if having a veil or concealing cover.

Veiled.

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Usage of veiled in English
1
The figure in sealskin looked very girlish; the veiled head was bowed.
It Happened in Egypt
2
The sun has veiled his face; and darkness broods over the land.
Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary / Col...
3
She also took a veiled swipe at his single-payer health care plan.
The Guardian
4
In hers was the same veiled, restless melancholy as in his own.
The Marriage of William Ashe
5
In alcoves half-veiled with silken curtains stood statues in gold and bronze.
The Land of the Changing Sun
6
There was a window in the head, but the snow veiled it.
The Frozen Pirate
7
And I don't want to hear any veiled threats of suicide, either.
Shadows
8
Meanwhile the evening came on, and the market-place veiled itself in gloom.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
9
The Doge shuddered and veiled his eye; but he eagerly interrupted Maso.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
10
The moon had been climbing the sky, veiled in a little cloud.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 3
11
Its full nature remains veiled, for we can sense it only faintly.
The evolutionary void
12
And now and then it blazes forth in veiled but hot anger.
The Souls of Black Folk
13
The weather Paxman displays thinly veiled disdain for Newsnight's new weather segment.
The Guardian
14
All nature lay asleep in voluptuous beauty, veiled in a glorious atmosphere.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
15
The very stars in their courses had veiled themselves for our benefit.
The Amateur Cracksman
16
But he seemed content to watch her veiled profile in the dusk.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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Veiled across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common