How do you use Veiled in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like unveiled or indistinct, plus the exact meaning.
Veiled meaning
- Covered by a veil.
- Partly hidden or concealed.
Synonyms of Veiled
Using Veiled
- The main meaning on this page is: Covered by a veil. | Partly hidden or concealed.
- Useful related words include: unveiled, indistinct.
- In the example corpus, veiled often appears in combinations such as: thinly veiled, veiled threats, veiled threat.
Context around Veiled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Veiled
- In this selection, "veiled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thinly, largely, shot, dig and threats stand out and add context to how "veiled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a thinly veiled attack co and a thinly veiled dig acting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "veiled" sits close to words such as als, antioch and aptly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with veiled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meet Girl George, the veiled chameleon at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (10 words)
He issued a thinly veiled warning that the coalition would respond. (11 words)
Perhaps because their liberalism is just its own form of veiled classism. (12 words)
That comment alone could be received as a veiled (or not-so-veiled) shot at the rest of the Pac-12, but it is a fair comment to say, especially after the postseason the Pac-12 as a whole just had this past bowl season (it was… not very good). (50 words)
Former President Donald Trump launched a new attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the governor took a thinly veiled shot at the former president for allegedly paying off an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair. (40 words)
In a thinly veiled dig, acting President Hamilton Mourao, who was Bolsonaro’s vice president, criticized his former boss for failing to lead the country and allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive after his October defeat at the polls. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
That comment alone could be received as a veiled (or not-so-veiled) shot at the rest of the Pac-12, but it is a fair comment to say, especially after the postseason the Pac-12 as a whole just had this past bowl season (it was… not very good).
Actually, his thinly veiled reason for plunging the US into the cauldron of the Great War was none of the above.
And Jones, in the lead-up to a Test match, getting under the skin of his opposite, ending every preposition and veiled insult with a cheeky grin and the word “mate”.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday he was worried about the future of American democracy, taking a veiled swipe at former U.S. President Donald Trump during a visit to New York.
During that hearing, both Speirs and Robertson took thinly-veiled shots at the other agency.
Former President Donald Trump launched a new attack on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the governor took a thinly veiled shot at the former president for allegedly paying off an adult film star to keep quiet about an alleged affair.
Griscom insisted he knew nothing about Dorothy's disappearance, although it was claimed he was seen talking to a veiled woman at a hotel.
He issued a thinly veiled warning that the coalition would respond.
In a recent statement, Zilliacus also fired a thinly-veiled dig at the Qatari proposal by referencing clubs as the 'personal playground of sheikhs and oligarchs'.
In a thinly veiled attack, co-leader Mr Harvie added that for the Greens a 'sincere commitment to progressive values cannot be an optional extra in a choice of First Minister', but a 'necessity'.
In a thinly veiled dig, acting President Hamilton Mourao, who was Bolsonaro’s vice president, criticized his former boss for failing to lead the country and allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive after his October defeat at the polls.
In the final segment of this week’s show, we listen back to AWS CEO Adam Selipsky’s thinly veiled jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI during his re:Invent keynote this week.
It constantly provokes the U.S. — mostly by veiled threats to unleash anti-American terrorists in the Middle East and perhaps inside America itself.
Meanwhile, it appears Obrecht will have a veiled threat for Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton).
Meet Girl George, the veiled chameleon at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
No information has been released about the fourth film, much like the other movies he’s released, which were largely veiled in secrecy up until their release.
Perhaps because their liberalism is just its own form of veiled classism.
Putin's veiled threats to use atomic weapons if the conflict escalates revived fears of nuclear war that had lain dormant since the Cold War.
Some may deduce it to be a not-so thinly-veiled shot at the alleged mother of one of his child.
Strelkov has been criticizing Putin for a while and Prigozhin recently joined in. The remarks about a "grandpa" are not so thinly veiled.
Common combinations with veiled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- thinly veiled 51×
- veiled threats 12×
- veiled threat 8×
- and veiled 6×
- the veiled 6×
- veiled criticism 6×
- as veiled 5×
- veiled or 5×
- of veiled 5×
- in veiled 5×