Below you will find example sentences with "hide behind". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

Hide Behind in a sentence

About this phrase

  • Belongs to the word: hide

Example types with hide behind

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Don’t hide behind it. (5 words)

In a time of war, they cannot hide behind the white flag of “neutrality”. (14 words)

Fortunately, there wasn’t an awful lot in there for it to hide behind,” said Evans. (16 words)

Darbar is visibly uncomfortable at the prospect of speaking with a reporter and seems to hide behind a pillar of a flour mill where he is employed by a distant relative of the prime minister for 6,000 rupees (£57) per month. (42 words)

A video uploaded to social media - which is said to be taken from inside the school during the lockdown - shows doors barricaded and loud sirens ringing out, as children hide behind upturned tables. (33 words)

So, uh, maybe Nolan has a point about film critics after all — especially when he concluded his speech by saying: In today’s world, as filmmakers you can’t hide behind authorial intent. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Some bands hide behind studio production tricks to sell their music to an audience, but with live albums, you have no place to hide.

A video uploaded to social media - which is said to be taken from inside the school during the lockdown - shows doors barricaded and loud sirens ringing out, as children hide behind upturned tables.

Fortunately, there wasn’t an awful lot in there for it to hide behind,” said Evans.

In a time of war, they cannot hide behind the white flag of “neutrality”.

Leeds had crumbled again and there was not even the psychological blow of conceding first to hide behind.

Our current council, (with two notable exceptions) has chosen to hide behind the cloak of a questionable rationale.

Sure, I can hide behind my work, my marriage, and my three-year-old's demanding schedule, but deep inside, I know I can do more.

Their execs hide behind a phalanx of Pollyannaish flacks who can’t be trusted with the truth.

This cannot happen with movie, especially since it won’t be able to hide behind the “made for kids” excuse often awarded to animated films.

You can’t hide behind these boys and girls hoping they don’t know that you are literary sending them to do your dirty work.

And when you have many people who hide behind all these social media platforms…I’m where I need to be, I’m where I want to be.

Darbar is visibly uncomfortable at the prospect of speaking with a reporter and seems to hide behind a pillar of a flour mill where he is employed by a distant relative of the prime minister for 6,000 rupees (£57) per month.

Don’t hide behind it.

He warned that no political party, church or individual will hide behind the name of the President to commit crimes.

I’ll be able to see every single person; I can’t hide behind the stage.

In 1930s Shanghai, the shadowy and notorious gangs that run rampant through the city hide behind a facade of jazz and glittering nightclubs.

So, uh, maybe Nolan has a point about film critics after all — especially when he concluded his speech by saying: In today’s world, as filmmakers you can’t hide behind authorial intent.

The Head of State said social media should not be used as a platform to hide behind criminality.

The latest episode, “Dot and Bubble,” gives us a glimpse into a world where we can hide behind technology.

The victim, identified as Irtiza, surrendered his motorcycle to the robbers but attempted to hide behind the vehicle.