Usage of "was a veil"

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Usage of was a veil in English

But it was a veil, over a mask, over a lie. 
 The increment: a novel 

There was a veil past which I could not see: 
 The Faith of Islam 

There was a veil of fine netting over her face. 
 Boy’s Life 

There was a veil of mystery upon it, through which her eyes could not penetrate. 
 Home Lights and Shadows 

Even yet there was a veil between their hearts. 
 Olive: A Novel 

There was a veil around it, like the veil of the womb that hides the unborn child. 
 The Garden of Allah 

It was a wedding dress, and there was a veil with it, and a wreath of myrtle. 
 Hunter's Marjory / A Story for Girls 

There was a veil over that in old times; and the veil comes over it often enough now. 
 The Good News of God 

There was a veil in Derry- Icameto know that veil so well I could almost see it. 
 11/22/63 

I felt as if there was a veil before my eyes; and he passed me like a shadow. 
 Within an Inch of His Life 

There was a veil between them. 
 Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies 

Here, too, was a veil. 
 The Desert and the Sown 

Parent's View: 'The year I made my Holy Communion, the in thing was a veil with a bun on top. 
 The Irish Times 

It was a veil, a background, and its sudden disappearance, as after a clap of thunder, was a shocking thing. 
 East of eden 

Even the rain was a veil; it fell between us and the nearest hedgerows as if it had been a curtain. 
 In and out of Three Normandy Inns 

And there was a veil of reticence, of secrecy, about Dredge, that always kept his conduct in a half-light of uncertainty. 
 Tales of Men and Ghosts 

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Meanings of was a veil in English