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How to use conceal in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Conceal means to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. Example: “He tried to conceal the truth about his health.”

Examples of conceal by meaning

verbTo hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

  • He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
  • Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  • Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021.2025 September 14, Abené Clayton, “Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting”, in The Guardian

More sentences with conceal

  • Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.From the entry accessory
  • The sawed-off shotgun was illegal because its shorter barrel made it too easy to conceal.From the entry sawed-off
  • There was nowhere to conceal my wallet in the pocketless jacket.From the entry pocketless
  • She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime.From the entry accessory
  • About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise).2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04…. From the entry cacophony
  • He might be concealing the names of the scientists to keep them from offers by poachers.2020, Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds. From the entry mislog
  • That snubbie will conceal up real nice if you carry it IWB.2011, George Mastras, “Thirty-Eight Snub” (1:30 from the start), in Breaking Bad, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Lawson (Jim Beaver). From the entry IWB
  • Such ideas goad uncreative colleagues into building more elaborate strategies to conceal their lack of creativity.2008 [2006], Douglas Coupland, JPod, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 182. From the entry get one's juices flowing
  • Buildings?” he asked, faking an employerly monotone, trying to conceal his excitement.2000, Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, New York: Random House, Part 2, p. 70. From the entry employerly
  • Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys.1998, Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus, page 129. From the entry joey
  • Even then he had not the generosity to conceal his displeasure at her choice.1994, Caroline Graham, Written in Blood, page 35. From the entry Amanda
  • If houses were present these could be used to conceal the mine opening.1990, Christopher Gravett, Richard Hook, Medieval Siege Warfare, page 45. From the entry shore
  • Later, on discovering the truth, she conspires with other women to conceal it.1988 February 14, Louise Rice, quoting Angela Bowen, “Confronting The Mythology Of Motherhood”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number…. From the entry on
  • Everyone can see that he removes nothing, conceals nothing, reserves nothing for himself.1986, Adrienne von Speyr, Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Christian State of Life. From the entry open book
  • For concealing deep mars, some manufacturers offer putty sticks in colors that match their panels.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry mar
  • Some gay ministers have acted homophobically to conceal their own preferences.1979 December 1, Raphoel, “Seminarians at Harvard”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 10. From the entry homophobically
  • “I shall try to conceal my slow burn, what the Victorians would call my mounting exasperation.1976, Alistair MacLean, The Golden Gate, page 125. From the entry slow burn
  • He'd have to stow the Gun somewhere; no place to conceal it in the skintight bodysuit.1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry skintight
  • The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks.1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin, published 2008, page 97. From the entry penes
  • They conceal what they would reveal and reveal what they would conceal.1949, William George Hoffman, Public Speaking for Businessmen, page 354. From the entry wordmongery
  • H⁠—⁠— who does not take any particular pains to conceal her attachment to the Patriotic Prelate.1925, William S[hakespear] Childe-Pemberton, The Earl Bishop: The Life of Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry, Earl of Bristol, volume II…. From the entry innamorato
  • The scanty garments of fig-leaves with which our abashed first parents sought to conceal their nakedness.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 5. From the entry abashed
  • She wore a light veil, but it was ineffective in concealing the unattraction of the face beneath.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry dowdily
  • Of course if it is obliterative, then its use is to conceal the mammals.1910, Theodore Roosevelt, African game trails, page 557. From the entry obliterative
  • Journalists too were unwelcome and photographers had to conceal cameras.2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The…. From the entry tricolour
  • They are draped in black and white fabrics, weirdly cut to either conceal or highlight their blobby, inconsistent body structures.2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry protuberance
  • Inevitabilism enshrines the apparatus of ubiquity as progress but conceals the realpolitik of surveillance capitalism at work behind the scenes.2019, Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Hachette, →ISBN. From the entry inevitabilism
  • He opens the plywood door that conceals the radiogram.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, Auckland: RHNZ Vintage, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry radiogram
  • He did a semi-decent job of concealing his disappointment.2016, Lauren Oliver, Replica, →ISBN. From the entry semi-decent
  • Whether from pride or tact, Tu Fu's use of the word yí 'transfer' conceals the fact that this was a demotion.2016, David Hawkes, “Sad Memories”, in A Little Primer of Tu Fu, Revised edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 70. From the entry Hua-chou
  • Only one short bit of humor is endearing, lampshading the ridiculousness of an eye-mask being able to conceal a superhero's identity.2011 June 21, Corinne Gaston, “Adapted comic book flick has the ring, but no power”, in Daily Trojan. From the entry lampshade
  • Radler or anyone else to conceal information from the audit committee about the so-called noncompetition payments made to Mr.2007 June 20, Richard Siklos, “Black’s Lawyers Hammer Former Partner’s Testimony”, in New York Times. From the entry noncompetition
  • She has told the child that her father was a shaheed, a martyr, concealing the real story of her brutal conception.2007 January 16, Joan Dupont, “For a Director on the Rise, Sarajevo’s War Years Linger”, in New York Times. From the entry shaheed
  • But such obvious idiocy could be concealing genius.2007 March 27, softsofa, “Narrows bike tunnels: stupidity extremis or diabolic cleverness?”, in tacoma.general (Usenet). From the entry vandalicious
  • Also, he assumes different forms concealing his affulgent form.2003, Narendranath B. Patil, The Variegated Plumage: Encounters with Indian Philosophy, →ISBN. From the entry affulgent
  • Rather than take a government post or a government examination, Wang conceals himself in a hermitage in the Kuaichi Mountain.1971, Henry W. Wells, “Humor in Narratives”, in Traditional Chinese Humor: A Study in Art and Literature, Indiana University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry Kuaichi
  • Used by smugglers on both sides of the Atlantic in the early nineteenth century to conceal small objects of value.1966, Joseph McElroy, A Smuggler's Bible, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →ISBN, page 327. From the entry smuggler's bible

Meaning of conceal

  1. verb To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

Full definition of conceal

Questions about conceal in a sentence

How do you use conceal in a sentence?
Conceal is used as a verb. For example: “He tried to conceal the truth about his health.”
What is a short sentence with conceal?
“Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.”
What does conceal mean?
Conceal means to hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

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