Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shrouded
IPA transcription: [ʃɹ'aʊdɪd]
Usage examples
  • All the city was shrouded in gloom, and everywhere was weeping and crying.
  • The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave.
  • It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand.
  • At the first glance I was reminded of a museum. The tiled floor was thick with dust, and a remarkable array of miscellaneous objects was shrouded in the same grey covering.
  • But now we live in a constant rush," said Mr. van der Luyden in measured tones, looking with pleasant deliberation about the large shrouded room which to Archer was so complete an image of its owners.
  • Thus loom on my imagination those happier days of our city, when as yet New Amsterdam was a mere pastoral town, shrouded in groves of sycamores and willows, and surrounded by trackless forests and wide-spreading waters, that seemed to shut out all the cares and vanities of a wicked world.