Conceal

Examples

• I won't conceal what I did. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He covered with his hand the upper part of his face, but did not conceal his mouth, where I saw hovering an expression I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There was some discomfiture in his tone as he resumed, though he tried to conceal it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Of course I shall be careful to conceal any traces of this interview from Mr and Mrs Boffin, as long as I remain here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The sanctity of their dress will not only protect them, but serve to conceal their political and commercial investigations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If you had leanings in the other direction, I will do you the justice to say that I have no doubt you would not have concealed them from the world. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the direction of Baker Street, but from the back of the very house in which we lay concealed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes; where else can they be so well concealed? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• You were satisfied that he could not have been concealed in the room all the time, or in the corridor which you have just described as dimly lighted? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I made up a story as short and probable as I could, but concealed the greatest part. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• This was effected by having the twenty-six letters painted on a board, and concealed from view by a number of small paper screens, which were attached to magnetic needles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Then I told Ada how I had seen her hand concealed under her pillow and had little thought why, my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And this is the way men deal with women--still concealing danger from them--thinking, I suppose, to spare them pain. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I don't see that, said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Not yet, cried the other, concealing her terror, and assisting Marianne to lie down again, but she will be here, I hope, before it is long. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Concealing it from us! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Close pent-up guilt, Raise your concealing continents, and ask These dreadful summoners grace! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I suppose you had your reasons, Mr. Hartright, for concealing that suspicion from me till this moment? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Suppose I see the legs and thighs of a person in motion, while some interposed object conceals the rest of his body. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She conceals nothing! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Or, if the poet everywhere appears and never conceals himself, then again the imitation is dropped, and his poetry becomes simple narration. Plato. The Republic.
• I believe she conceals them, and always will conceal them, even from herself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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