cloak
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cloak
Synonyms: Noun
blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps
Synonyms: Verb
camouflage, disguise, dress up, mask
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of cloak in a Sentence
Noun
Their plans were shrouded in a cloak of secrecy. the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal familyVerb
the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world
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The former state administrator with a love of art opted for a cloak-and-dagger role, posing as an art gallerist in Nice while unifying the southern Resistance. — Elaine Ganley, BostonGlobe.com, "An invisible army set the stage for liberation of Paris from Nazis," 22 Aug. 2019 The former state administrator with a love of art opted for a cloak-and-dagger role, posing as an art gallerist in Nice while unifying the southern Resistance. — Washington Post, "Invisible army set stage for liberation of Paris from Nazis," 22 Aug. 2019 Whoever is doing the spying, there is little doubt that cloak-and-dagger tactics have buffeted the shrinking Iranian oil trade. — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, "U.S. Sanctions Turn Iranâs Oil Industry Into Spy vs. Spy," 8 Aug. 2019 In an interview at City Hall with The Oregonian/OregonLive, the pair, who collectively lead Portlandâs police force, voiced their toughest stance yet against people using the cloak of free speech as a pretext to brawl on city streets. — oregonlive.com, "Portland mayor and chief warn protest instigators: Expect stern police response," 6 Aug. 2019 From the start, the phenomenon has evoked the idea of an international cloak-and-dagger operation involving clandestine weaponry that has eluded all scientific explanation and hatched countless conspiracy theories. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Brain imaging weirdness adds to Cuba âhealth attackâ mystery," 24 July 2019 Xenophon reported the famous Athenian philosopher Socrates wearing only a single, filthy, thin cloak, aping Spartan fashion. — Myke Cole, The New Republic, "The Sparta Fetish Is a Cultural Cancer," 1 Aug. 2019 Trussville police Detective Ben Short said the spree began March 17 when Glover allegedly pulled his truck up to the store in cloak of darkness and started loading up the truck with paper products. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Trussville toilet paper bandit rolls up sheets of charges," 30 July 2019 In 1999, Election laid out what would become many a punditâs thesis about the 2016 campaign: whereas naked ambition has long been praised in men, women need to at least cloak theirs in a layer of sweetness. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "How Reese Witherspoon Built an Empire Out of Blonde Ambition," 31 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Those efforts, the critics said, cloaked an agenda to cut taxes and federal regulations governing business, the environment and other interests, primarily to benefit the Koch family and its enterprises. — Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times, "David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79," 23 Aug. 2019 This week, global attention fell on the Amazon rainforest, where widespread fires led to the city of Sao Paulo â the largest metropolis in the Western hemisphere â being cloaked in dark smoke. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Bolsonaro, Trump and the nationalists ignoring climate disaster," 23 Aug. 2019 To make matters worse, this explosion of sensuality is cloaked in parental silence. — Tim Parks, Harper's magazine, "Murder Italian Style," 19 Aug. 2019 Recent snow showers had cloaked the Pine Valley Mountains in bright white, which contrasted sharply with the red dirt of the foothills. — James Murren, latimes.com, "At Utah's Gooseberry Mesa, the joy and power of wilderness prevail," 13 July 2019 Private airports like these are cloaked in mystique and, for the most part, still associated with the Golden Age of travel. — Mark Ellwood, CondĂ© Nast Traveler, "Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Private Airports," 12 July 2019 The dark lines in the spiral arms represent dust, which cloak the stars embedded in it or behind it. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Dazzling new views of the Whirlpool galaxy captured by NASA," 27 June 2019 The siblings can use their cloaking ability to sneak past foes. — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, "Review: âWolfenstein Youngbloodâ a sisterhood of traveling Nazi killers," 9 Aug. 2019 Morrison was brought to a table at the front of the stage cloaked in a red cloth, a small glass of water at its corner. — Clint Smith, The New Republic, "The Sound and Silence of Toni Morrison," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cloak.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cloak
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