How to Use veil in a Sentence

veil

1 of 2 noun
  • Veils of moss draped the trees.
  • White shoes, white veil, white dress.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • There’s this, kind of, lack of a veil.
    — Tommy Dorfman, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
  • No need to wear an updo with your veil.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • Erin wore a strapless dress with a long white veil.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Could this be time to do the dance of the seven veils?
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The embroidery in the veils is done by hand.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025
  • His work was always behind this veil for me.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Her dance of the seven veils is sexy typing.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Odysseus is able to swim to land with the help of a veil that Ino gives him.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
  • Her veil was secured with a comb where her hair was fastened.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Beyond a certain point, though, the veil drops again.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • It was covered in silvery beads and paired with a floor-length veil.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Left overnight, a translucent veil covers the sides.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Herron was then shown in her gown and veil in front of a large mountain.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The bun provides an easy grip for a veil’s comb to be cleanly tucked away.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026
  • There are point-of-view shots filtered through the gauze of Rachel’s veil.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Xi is trying to pull a veil over support for Iran.
    — FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Her look came adorned with red antlers and a person in a red bodysuit to hold her veil.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Petras looked bridal in a red mini dress with a matching veil.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Cassie pissily wearing her veil in the limo is kind of a slay.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The mayor’s credit card use was not wrapped in a veil of silence.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
  • Swift is not the kind of girl to rudely barge in on a white veil occasion.
    — Daniela Avila, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The veil is thin, the air electric and your intuition is sharp.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This simple look lets your wedding dress and veil do the talking.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • Pinning her veil above the style made for a stunning photo in the wind.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2026

veil

2 of 2 verb
  • The sun was veiled by clouds.
  • Her eyes were partially veiled by her long, dark hair.
  • From thereon in, a pin popped the faint, thinly veiled wall of hope.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There was something veiled about the sound, like the whistle of the bullfinch of our woods.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Claudel spent months on a version that veiled the female figure.
    — Farah Peterson, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Better yet is the spicy ahi, veiled in mayonnaise with a streak of heat.
    — Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2018
  • However, some of his points were slightly more veiled.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Bougainvillea veiled my room’s outdoor sitting area, which had a couch and two love seats.
    — Howie Kahn, Smithsonian, 11 July 2018
  • Most are soft; some are veiled by haze or sea mist, and others employ blur to picturesque ends.
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • The sun also seems to be veiled by a wall of smoke muffling its normal brilliance.
    — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Redness may linger for about a month, but can usually be veiled with makeup.
    — Jolene Edgar, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Others lurch out of the dark shadows of cars and trucks, reaching for their faces to veil their noses and mouths.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The women’s pushback also lays bare schisms in Iran that had been veiled for decades.
    — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
  • Okay, good veiled Alexa/Siri reference.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • At this stage, the right side of the lunar disk will be lit by sunlight, while the left remains veiled in shadow.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But like Panska itself, the state of the world is veiled in strangeness.
    — Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Gold lace demurely veils a woman’s face beneath a crown-like headpiece.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Your friends who hate brushing their hair (me) will thank you for your remedy veiled in thoughtfulness.
    — Alexandra Polkinghorn, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • The entire cocoon, or chrysalis, will then be veiled in a shroud of clear balloons with a hint of iridescence.
    — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Giving the job to an independent commission can veil the dirty work, but that’s about it.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Lagom has a face toning mist, which helps to balance pH but also veil the skin in hydration.
    — Sable Yong, Allure, 22 June 2017
  • To veil anything from dark spots to fine lines, the right complexion products make all the difference.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Amini’s death brought together men and women, veiled and unveiled.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • As it had been abandoned in 1968, its location was veiled until now.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The sheets veil the planked ceilings of the outdoor entertainment spaces.
    — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Think of it as a means to even out your skin tone, veiling dark circles, redness, or pigmentation concerns.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Many times, the characters Jaglom played in his films were thinly veiled versions of himself.
    — Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Was a comment an isolated incident or part of a pattern, a joke or a threat, veiled or otherwise?
    — Mark Sherman, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
  • Quiet, moody, soft, and veiled, this Miyagawa-cho geisha district hotel is a newcomer with an old soul.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Websites on the dark web require encryption so users can remain anonymous and veil their location.
    — Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 23 June 2021

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