How to Use niqab in a Sentence

niqab

noun

• Eight wore a hijab, and one also wore a niqab, or face veil.
  — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
• One wore a niqab, a full-face veil worn by many Muslim women.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 22 Aug. 2020
• None of the three mothers wore the niqab, the Islamic head covering that obscures all but the eyes.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2018
• The increased prominence of niqabs has not been limited to schools.
  — Joe Cochrane, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• In this picture, the somber facial veil (niqab) is replaced by a gaudy Hermès scarf.
  — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2018
• Sheikh wears a black niqab that completely covers her hair and face, except for a slit for her eyes.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 14 Jan. 2018
• Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their face with a veil known as a niqab.
  — Aya Batrawy, The Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2017
• Warda Niali was among them, wearing her niqab and jilbab.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
• Most women in Saudi Arabia also cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab.
  — Bloomberg.com, 20 May 2017
• The niqab covers everything but the eyes, while the burqa also covers the eyes with a transparent veil.
  — Teis Jensen, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2017
• Bilal had demanded his wife wear a niqab, or face veil, and his brother had already left for the caliphate.
  — Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• And in 2011, France was the first country to officially ban niqabs in public spaces.
  — Madeleine Ngo, Vox, 26 June 2018
• Her daughters swapped their headscarves for shapeless black niqabs.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• The women are nearly impossible to identify due to the niqab, and switch from tent to tent to avoid capture.
  — Arwa Damon and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 12 Sep. 2019
• Al-Hawl has become a mini-caliphate, run largely by women shrouded in black niqab robes and veils.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2019
• But the debate over the bill has turned to what would happen to Muslim women wearing a niqab or a burqa who ride on public transit.
  — Madison Park, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
• The law, carried by a 75-30 vote, forbids the wearing of full-face veils such as the niqab, balaclavas, face-covering ski masks, face masks and fake beards.
  — Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
• The first of numerous decrees was issued, ordering women to don the niqab as well as gloves.
  — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2016
• Malaysia prohibits public servants from wearing a full-face veil or niqab.
  — Jeff Goertzen, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2017
• Other garments include the niqab, where a face-covering allows the eyes to be seen; the chador, which leaves the face uncovered; and the hijab, or head scarf.
  — Charlotte Allen, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
• The Egyptian movie star later was seen wearing the even more conservative face veil, or niqab.
  — Menna Zaki, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
• Last year, Austria became the fifth European country to ban wearing full face veils such as the burqa and niqab in public.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2018
• This, perhaps, is how many in the West see the burqa, and also the hijab (a covering for the head and chest) and the niqab (a face veil)—cloth cloisters of Islam, the second-largest religion in the world.
  — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
• The niqab and burka are not mentioned in the legislation, according to CBC.
  — Madison Park, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
• One woman in a niqab on a recent ride gave graphic details about her daughter’s illness, saying the costs of treatment forced her to beg.
  — Hamza Hendawi, The Seattle Times, 5 July 2017
• But, there was also enough bad news: Austria has started enforcing its ban on burka's and niqab's.
  — Mary Wang, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2017
• There have been reports that terrorists have been using niqab to disguise themselves, TAP said.
  — Michelle Lou, CNN, 5 July 2019
• Women caught wearing a niqab in public space face a 150 euro fine and being arrested by the police.
  — Shaista Aziz, CNN, 5 Feb. 2022
• Full face veils, known as the niqab, are banned in all French public spaces including public transport and parks, streets and administrative buildings.
  — Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 21 June 2022
• In 2017, Gilda became the attempted punchline of an alt-right insult, when a Twitter user shared a photo of her in a subway car wearing a bouffant scarlet wig and seated next to a woman in a black niqab.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024