How to Use clandestine in a Sentence
clandestine
adjective- I took a clandestine peek at the price tag on the diamond necklace.
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The traitor can of course cause all kinds of clandestine havoc here.
—Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2019
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The race to fill the Hicks void is a clandestine parade of all the worst human impulses.
—Olivia Nuzzi, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Mar. 2018
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The conditions in the clandestine mining camps are part of the problem.
—National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
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The video sees the two stars at a clandestine perreo party inside a dark building in Madrid.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
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For Fawzi, the trip to identify his brother’s body marked the end of a clandestine life.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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And those unlucky enough to fail to find the clandestine bugs still receive a collectible.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 24 Mar. 2023
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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
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There is even a name for the clandestine cyber-bazaar: probiv.
—Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
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Many of those missing are buried in clandestine graves all across the country.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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Veracruz has been the scene of some of the largest clandestine burial pits in recent years.
—FÉlix MÁrquez, Star Tribune, 18 Feb. 2021
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But in the Reagan era, as now, the news was full of undisclosed meetings and clandestine plots to swing elections.
—Longreads, 20 July 2017
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What a clever and clandestine way to welcome a prospective hire to Chicago!
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 25 Jan. 2022
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Lee was strangled to death and buried in a clandestine grave in Baltimore’s Leakin Park.
—al, 15 Sep. 2022
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But many women are too scared to reach out to those groups and opt to obtain clandestine abortions.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
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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
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Some in the GOP have called for bombing clandestine drug labs in Mexico.
—Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
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The group had grown since its clandestine days into a key force in Catalan culture.
—New York Times, 4 May 2021
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Berg led the clandestine life of a James Bond-ian operative during a time of war.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2019
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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
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But separating the two is tricky, beyond the skills of most clandestine chemists.
—Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
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The song has might just be the Latin song of summer, due to the catchy rhythm and emotional lyrics describing the passion in a clandestine love.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 June 2018
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Having clandestine agreements would be contrary to the spirit of the game.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 6 Oct. 2024
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Leone was the editor of a clandestine paper and was never home.
—Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2019
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Will Hurd served as a CIA officer in the clandestine service for nearly a decade.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 May 2023
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Their actions declared war on alumni and were done in a clandestine way.
—Victor Ashe, National Review, 28 May 2021
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As such, teams have long pursued more clandestine means of sign-stealing.
—Steven Goldman, Slate Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017
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But as is often the case in clandestine transactions, cash appears to have been king.
—Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
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Its executives have roots in the military as well as Lockheed Martin's clandestine Skunk Works.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
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So are multiple clandestine meetings wherein a person is threatened, and then threatened once again.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
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