How to Use in secret in a Sentence

in secret

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  • Virginia’s dad, too busy to show up for her, used to hire a cameraman to film her school recitals in secret.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • So, yes, the project had moved forward in secret, but most people in Jay didn’t seem to care.
    — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • An Afghan woman journalist filmed these scenes for us in secret.
    — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The project was made in secret and is set to be released in theaters in October.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The pre-release buzz around this new movie, which was made in secret and revealed via a surprise trailer that dropped last month, has been near deafening.
    — David MacK, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, dabble in secret love affairs, or explore avenues in travel, medicine, the law and publishing.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The grand jury had been meeting in secret and returned the indictment on July 20.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The grand jury, which had been meeting in secret, returned the indictment on July 20.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The film, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, was made in secret over three years.
    — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The singer-songwriter and actress, 58, and the rapper, 57, tied the knot in secret in 2024.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Denise has written a novel in secret, about a frustrated housewife itching to leave her husband and kids for a rich, fulfilling life in New York.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Grand jury proceedings are conducted in secret, but transcripts can later become public as a criminal case moves forward.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • It’s all designed to bring food lovers, cultural enthusiasts and fashionistas together in secret.
    — Richard Guzman, Daily News, 6 July 2026
  • The film, which A24 will release theatrically in October, had been made largely in secret over three years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Kissinger said his goal was to solidify international successes that had been accomplished in secret.
    — USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Related Stories Shakeel took up dance and acting in secret because her family forbade both.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Trailers released in the weeks since have only fueled curiosity about how the filmmakers managed to work on the project in secret with Holmes, 42, for so long.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The documentary was filmed in secret, then premiered without warning at the Telluride Film Festival.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • It was made in secret and released independently with the backing of its producer The Guardian, and MK2.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • On March 20, 1969, the couple exchanged vows in secret at the British Consulate in Gibraltar.
    — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Their enshrinement was carried out in secret by Yasukuni’s head priest in 1978, three years after Hirohito last prayed at the shrine.
    — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Lowe’s principal is out for a blue ribbon prize from the school district, and to sabotage his ambitions Doug stages an original musical in secret starring his earnest, talented young students.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Filmed largely in secret over three years, the nearly three-hour doc is an inside view of Holmes’ final weeks before going to prison, then mutates into reenactments and mind-bending twists that meld reality and performance.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Parton addressed the speculation that she was covered in secret tattoos during a May 2014 appearance on Today.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In December 1995, the world's two most famous people met in secret at New York City's Carlyle Hotel.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Someone who believes powerful elites routinely operate in secret may be more receptive to broader conspiracy narratives such as QAnon.
    — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • The lawsuit argues that after those negotiations failed, David and his son Eli then went ahead with a restructuring to accomplish the same but in secret, without Herb’s knowledge or approval.
    — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The reconstruction of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, where congregants gathered in secret before building a meeting house in Virginia, was celebrated Friday.
    — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The reconstruction of one of the nation's oldest Black churches, where congregants gathered in secret before building a meeting house in Virginia, was celebrated Friday.
    — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The grand jury, which had been meeting in secret, returned the indictment on July 20, and it was unsealed Wednesday, when 32-year-old Nick Reiner entered a not guilty plea.
    — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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