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Clandestine is an English word with synonyms like secret or surreptitious. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Clandestine in a sentence

Clandestine | Clandestinely

Clandestine meaning

  1. Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
  2. Not recognized as a regular member.

Synonyms of Clandestine

cloak-and-dagger hole-and-corner hugger-mugger hush-hush secret surreptitious undercover underground covert

Using Clandestine

  • The main meaning on this page is: Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. | Not recognized as a regular member.
  • Useful related words include: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush.
  • In the example corpus, clandestine often appears in combinations such as: the clandestine, of clandestine, in clandestine.

Context around Clandestine

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Clandestine

  • In this selection, "clandestine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, directing, honduras, various, group, booksellers and nature stand out and add context to how "clandestine" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include bashir s clandestine movements that and begin a clandestine romance in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clandestine" sits close to words such as abel, adjective and arvind, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clandestine

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

During the Revolutionary War, he played a key role directing clandestine operatives and running counterintelligence missions. (16 words)

Clandestine and public opponents of the government have been targets of assassination attempts and exorbitant prison sentences. (17 words)

Decisively, this nexus serves to obscure the deadly veto power which the clandestine state exercises over democracy. (17 words)

In the edit it became clear that some of scenes that built up to Bonfire’s Night from different characters’ POVs were simply not needed – the barebone facts of Diana and Bashir’s clandestine movements that night provided enough drama and tension. (42 words)

Pico took trips to tiny desert villages and into the foothills of the Sierra Madre, making arrangements with sotoleros to sell their spirits under his brand Clande Sotol, a nod to the spirit’s clandestine history. (36 words)

See Darnton, The Literary Underground, 184. The records of clandestine booksellers may give a better representation of what literate Frenchmen might have truly read, since their clandestine nature provided a less restrictive product choice. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

See Darnton, The Literary Underground, 184. The records of clandestine booksellers may give a better representation of what literate Frenchmen might have truly read, since their clandestine nature provided a less restrictive product choice.

An independent news outlet reported Thursday that Croatian officials and police used a clandestine WhatsApp group to share sensitive information about migrants trying to enter the country without authorization.

Clandestine and public opponents of the government have been targets of assassination attempts and exorbitant prison sentences.

Decisively, this nexus serves to obscure the deadly veto power which the clandestine state exercises over democracy.

During the Revolutionary War, he played a key role directing clandestine operatives and running counterintelligence missions.

During this time, Count Dooku tried to bring Mandalore into the separatist fold through a clandestine alliance with Death Watch.

Everything from the Kiev operation to the formation of an entire temporal army, and even a clandestine organization fronted by Martin Donovan's shady executive is on the end of The Protagonist's strings.

Finally, after a few more clandestine, medication-aided work sessions, I decided I couldn’t keep stealing my son’s pills.

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For the 27-year-old who took the pills in her home in the mountains, Honduras' clandestine networks helped her successfully terminate her pregnancy.

Goblins can be almost anything to anyone, from a pack of nasty tunnel dwellers to an organized hit-and-run ambush force to a clandestine group of city thieves.

Good job she knows how to snoop around eavesdropping on clandestine meetings, planting electronic devices and using car seatbelts to disable nasty villains.

In the edit it became clear that some of scenes that built up to Bonfire’s Night from different characters’ POVs were simply not needed – the barebone facts of Diana and Bashir’s clandestine movements that night provided enough drama and tension.

Investigators spoke to Soule and noticed ventilation equipment throughout his home that was “consistent with those used in clandestine laboratories,” state police said.

Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper.

Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey star as two men who begin a clandestine romance in McCarthy-era Washington.

Ogunbiyi recalls that he had a clandestine meeting with Micere Mugo, who took him to Ngugi’s wife.

Pico took trips to tiny desert villages and into the foothills of the Sierra Madre, making arrangements with sotoleros to sell their spirits under his brand Clande Sotol, a nod to the spirit’s clandestine history.

Processing units elsewhere, would react the green salt with magnesium to convert it, first to uranium metal and then into ingots, which were shipped to various clandestine sites.

Reports from the outlet Reforma noted that cartel operatives had exploited the run-down conditions of some buildings in the area to construct the clandestine tunnels.

She even skied across the Czechoslovakian mountains into occupied Poland in one of her first clandestine operations.

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Common combinations with clandestine

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clandestine" in a sentence?
An example: "See Darnton, The Literary Underground, 184. The records of clandestine booksellers may give a better representation of what literate Frenchmen might have truly read, since their clandestine nature provided a less restrictive product choice." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "clandestine" from authentic English texts.
What does "clandestine" mean?
Clandestine means: Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
What are synonyms of "clandestine"?
Common synonyms of "clandestine" include: cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "clandestine" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "clandestine", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.