How to Use veiled in a Sentence

veiled

adjective
  • She looked at him with barely veiled contempt.
  • The report makes veiled references to his criminal activities.
  • The beautiful red Chanel coat with the black blouse and veiled hat.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Biden opened the event with a veiled reference to world events.
    WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That comment is a veiled nod to the commentary from the other side of the aisle.
    Abby Livingston, ExpressNews.com, 27 May 2020
  • As artists’ veiled self-portraits go, this one is spot-on.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Some will see the strikes against ships in the area as a veiled warning of its readiness to make good on its threat.
    The Economist, 14 June 2019
  • At the end of the address, Mr. Zelensky switched to Russian to make a veiled threat.
    James Marson, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The branch manager of the bank told my dad that the veiled women were with the government.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • And the language Tuesday offered a veiled threat that talks could be harmed.
    Eric Talmadge, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2018
  • Wimmer claimed this was a veiled question about his age.
    Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • What if Vladimir Putin’s veiled nuclear threats against Ukraine are not a bluff?
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2022
  • And something did die; the county’s last veiled attempt at new schools.
    Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 30 July 2019
  • Through the veiled scrim, some sort of machinery can be glimpsed inside.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Trump, of course, has long revelled in threats of brute force, both veiled and explicit.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2022
  • And this wasn't DeMichael Harris trying to send some veiled message to Colts fans on behalf of the team.
    Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Your husband is hurling veiled or overt threats against you.
    cleveland, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Advocates said the bill was a veiled attack on the law, and many who supported the study spoke against 8-30g.
    Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some analysts saw the draft as a veiled warning to both Alipay and WeChat Pay.
    Keith Zhai, WSJ, 14 July 2021
  • Saban after the game made a veiled comment about the game plan entering the day.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Her all-black outfit included a veiled black hat, a black coat dress, black pumps, and a black clutch.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Sep. 2022
  • There's no shortage of veiled suggestions, mostly out of Louisville, that the deal is done.
    Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Kate pulled her hair back into an elegant up-do and wore a veiled black hat.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2022
  • On social media, a woman made a veiled threat toward the two Democrats.
    Jeremy Herb, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
  • In his concession speech, Rubio made a veiled swipe at Trump.
    Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 9 July 2024
  • Still, the two have been taking veiled swipes that foreshadow the collision to come.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Pound, who lived in Italy, wrote back, offering a veiled challenge.
    oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Musk didn’t seem too pleased about the results from the poll and made a veiled threat about the platform’s future if ousted, CNN reports.
    Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2022
  • In the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the ruling Hamas militant group issued a veiled threat following the Nablus raid.
    Aref Tufaha and Josef Federman, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The actress, channeling 1930s headgear, added on a veiled headpiece.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 22 July 2024

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