1
a
: having or wearing a veil or a concealing cover
a veiled hat
b
: characterized by a softening tonal distortion
2
: obscured as if by a veil : disguised
veiled threats
Examples of veiled in a Sentence
She looked at him with barely veiled contempt.
The report makes veiled references to his criminal activities.
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When a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts last year, conservative podcaster Dan Bongino made a veiled threat on social media.
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Fed Chair Jerome Powell isn’t amused, seeing such audits as a veiled attack on the bank’s independence, as reported in Investopedia.
—Dan Irvine, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
While some skeptics dismiss war crimes trials as a veiled tool of Western domination, Fairweather shows a quite different dynamic.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Since then the battle has played out as a Cold War with veiled digs behind the scenes, and in the past year burst onto the biggest stage with a high-profile lawsuit at its center.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Fed Chair Jerome Powell isn’t amused, seeing such audits as a veiled attack on the bank’s independence, as reported in Investopedia.
—Dan Irvine, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
While some skeptics dismiss war crimes trials as a veiled tool of Western domination, Fairweather shows a quite different dynamic.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Since then the battle has played out as a Cold War with veiled digs behind the scenes, and in the past year burst onto the biggest stage with a high-profile lawsuit at its center.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Veiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veiled. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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