Veil in a sentence as a noun

Even much simpler easier things, like sex or sunlight are covered in a terrible veil.

It is, and always has been the veil of legitimacy TechCrunch has traded on.

I am sure their is a corporate veil, but it can be pierced in the cases of criminal activity.

But the veil is off once you have observed something directly and then read their coverage of the same event.

Veil in a sentence as a verb

Even the best of actions that are used to veil inconsistent or conflicting motives are questionable, and this seems like wolf in sheep's clothing.>The school I’m most excited about is in San Jose.

In addition to Thomas being right about employee wages being able to "pierce the veil" in many states, they're the people most at risk in this situation, so you owe it to them to make sure they're taken care of.

It was through a long course of secrecy, over a gradual shift in public perception, which was rapidly accelerated by the soft veil of the internet, that more people began to feel safe enough to 'come out' as atheists.

Veil definitions

noun

a garment that covers the head and face

noun

a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

See also: velum

noun

the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

See also: caul

noun

a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

verb

to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil; "women in Afghanistan veil their faces"

verb

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"

See also: obscure obliterate hide