How to Use clandestine in a Sentence

clandestine

adjective

• I took a clandestine peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace.
• The monolith prompted theories of alien placement, but is believed to be a clandestine work of pubic art that was illegally placed.
  — Tim O'Donnell, TheWeek, 29 Nov. 2020
• Of course, with artifacts comes treasure seekers, and at the tail end of the 20th century, a series of clandestine trenches appeared in the preserve.
  — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2020
• However, there are currently about the same number of people in undeclared, clandestine sanctuary as there are in open sanctuary.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
• This round of clandestine bans isn't the first instance of Beijing imposing unofficial embargoes on Australian goods.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2020
• In his memoir, Mr. Cordier recalled a clandestine visit to Paris during the Nazi occupation.
  — Phil Davison, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• The traitor can of course cause all kinds of clandestine havoc here.
  — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2019
• The race to fill the Hicks void is a clandestine parade of all the worst human impulses.
  — Olivia Nuzzi, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Mar. 2018
• The conditions in the clandestine mining camps are part of the problem.
  — National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
• The video sees the two stars at a clandestine perreo party inside a dark building in Madrid.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
• And those unlucky enough to fail to find the clandestine bugs still receive a collectible.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 24 Mar. 2023
• There’s Monica’s, which first opened as a clandestine gay bar in 1980 (the first openly gay club in the city).
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
• There is even a name for the clandestine cyber-bazaar: probiv.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• Many of those missing are buried in clandestine graves all across the country.
  — Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
• Veracruz has been the scene of some of the largest clandestine burial pits in recent years.
  — FÉlix MÁrquez, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
• But in the Reagan era, as now, the news was full of undisclosed meetings and clandestine plots to swing elections.
  — Longreads, 20 July 2017
• What a clever and clandestine way to welcome a prospective hire to Chicago!
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• Lee was strangled to death and buried in a clandestine grave in Baltimore’s Leakin Park.
  — al, 15 Sep. 2022
• But many women are too scared to reach out to those groups and opt to obtain clandestine abortions.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
• Promptly, the pair is strolling through the metropolis basking in the joys of a clandestine affair that feels just right for the here and now.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
• Some in the GOP have called for bombing clandestine drug labs in Mexico.
  — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
• The group had grown since its clandestine days into a key force in Catalan culture.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2021
• Berg led the clandestine life of a James Bond-ian operative during a time of war.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2019
• Confessions were made of a clandestine massage, a trip to the hairdresser, a covert train journey to the city.
  — Jancee Dunn, New York Times, 21 May 2021
• But separating the two is tricky, beyond the skills of most clandestine chemists.
  — Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
• Having clandestine agreements would be contrary to the spirit of the game.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
• Leone was the editor of a clandestine paper and was never home.
  — Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2019
• Will Hurd served as a CIA officer in the clandestine service for nearly a decade.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 May 2023
• Israel used clandestine operations to assassinate key Iranian figures and execute cyberattacks on vital facilities as Iran continued activating its Arab proxy militias to attack the Jewish state.
  — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
• The premise hinges on the idea that China is Mexico’s number-one oil buyer — formidable leverage for the mysterious Chinese agent’s clandestine plot.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024