CLOAK in a Sentence

Learn CLOAK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
226 example sentences for CLOAK, such as:
1. They left under cloak of darkness.
2. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
3. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
4. The coachman wrapped himself up in his cloak.
5. She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CLOAK
cloak
 v.  cover with or as if with a cloak
 v.  cover as if with clothing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As he made his cassocks last a long while, and did not wish to have it noticed, he never went out in the town without his wadded purple cloak.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO...
2  The Bishop took his staff, put on his cloak, on account of his too threadbare cassock, as we have mentioned, and because of the evening breeze which was sure to rise soon, and set out.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
3  Her hands were sunburnt and all dotted with freckles, her forefinger was hardened and lacerated with the needle; she wore a cloak of coarse brown woollen stuff, a linen gown, and coarse shoes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
4  The coachman wrapped himself up in his cloak.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE'S INTELLIGE...
5  This would have made people run after him in the street, had not his daughter covered him up, whenever he went out, in a vast bishop's wadded cloak, which concealed his attire.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
6  A long cloak of crimson velvet fell in graceful folds from his shoulders, disclosing in front the splendid baldric, from which was suspended a gigantic rapier.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
7  As he was about to pass, the wind blew out Porthos's long cloak, and d'Artagnan rushed straight into the middle of it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
8  D'Artagnan, hearing the Musketeer swear, wished to escape from the cloak, which blinded him, and sought to find his way from under the folds of it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
9  One could comprehend the necessity of the cold and the urgency of the cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
10  Let us say in passing that he had changed his baldric and relinquished his cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
11  "I wore an enormous cloak," said Aramis.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
12  It was not difficult for him to overtake a woman embarrassed with her cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 11 IN WHICH THE PLOT THICKENS
13  They both approached the window, and through a slit in the shutter they saw Bonacieux talking with a man in a cloak.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 18 LOVER AND HUSBAND
14  M Bonacieux had opened his door, and seeing the apartment, had returned to the man in the cloak, whom he had left alone for an instant.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 18 LOVER AND HUSBAND
15  Never mind," continued the man in the cloak; "you were a fool not to have pretended to accept the mission.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 18 LOVER AND HUSBAND
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Although the sun shine, leave not your cloak at home.
2  The author prefers to hide behind a cloak of anonymity.
3  He pulled the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition.
4  Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
5  They left under cloak of darkness.
6  Today most of England will be under a cloak of thick mist.
7  Lawyers, under the cloak of client confidentiality, can mask the beneficial owners of accounts.
8  She threw a heavy woollen cloak over her shoulders.
9  A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
10  Don't have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain.
11  "Only take off the red cloak, sir, and then - " "But the string is in a knot - help me."
12  In order to rescue Han Solo, Princess Leia decided to camouflage herself in the helmet and cloak of a space bandit.
13  Rain and wind, indeed! Yes, you are dripping like a mermaid; pull my cloak round you: but I think you are feverish, Jane: both your cheek and hand are burning hot.
14  I can remember Miss Temple walking lightly and rapidly along our drooping line, her plaid cloak, which the frosty wind fluttered, gathered close about her, and encouraging us, by precept and example, to keep up our spirits.
15  The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.