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

Hide Behind in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: hide
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.9 words

Words in this phrase

hide behind

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • hide can mean: To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover. Frequent word
  • behind can mean: At or to the back or far side of. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

able to hide behind the made 1× as children hide behind upturned tables 1× attempted to hide behind the vehicle 1× can t hide behind authorial intent 1× can t hide behind the stage 1× can t hide behind these boys 1× chosen to hide behind the cloak 1× don t hide behind it 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a video uploaded 1× darbar is visibly 1× fortunately there wasn 1× he warned that 1× in 1930s shanghai 1× leeds had crumbled 1×

Common sentence endings:

57 per month 1× a questionable rationale 1× and glittering nightclubs 1× behind authorial intent 1× behind said evans 1× behind the stage 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

social 3× media 3× inside 2× cannot 2× work 2× know 2× especially 2× able 2× don 2× world 2× bands 1× studio 1×

Related phrases

left behind falling behind points behind leaves behind behind bars

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

hidden variables hidden gems hidden gem hidden camera hero black hero academia

Just after it in the phrase index:

high alert high amounts high compared high court high definition high density

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

left behind falling behind points behind leaves behind

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "hide behind" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as able to hide behind the made, as children hide behind upturned tables, social, media and inside stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with left behind, falling behind and points behind, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with hide behind

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

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)

Longer example sentences

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.

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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.

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