Vocabulary
Shroud
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
wrap or dress (a body) in a shroud for burial.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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AS smog continues to shroud parts of Pakistan, an Ipsos survey highlights the scope of this environmental hazard.
Dawn Editorials —
Smog struggle
— 2024-11-30
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A woman`s clothes are responsible for all ills in society she will be molested or raped or killed whether she is in aam shalwar kameez or covered head to toe or in a shroud in her grave.
Dawn Editorials —
The way she wore
— 2024-08-25
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These are hidden victims forced to wear a shroud of silence, while their violators are either around them or have easy access to them.
Dawn Editorials —
Family sins
— 2024-04-01
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N the pitch-black depths of Pakistan`s coal mines, the claustrophobia-inducing tunnels envelop miners like a constricting shroud a world beneath from the sunlit lives we lead above.
Dawn Editorials —
Death traps
— 2024-03-22
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N the pitch-black depths of Pakistan`s coal mines, the claustrophobia-inducing tunnels envelop miners like a constricting shroud a world beneath from the sunlit lives we lead above.
Dawn Editorials —
Death traps
— 2024-03-22
Synonyms
cover, envelop, veil, cloak, curtain, swathe, wrap, blanket, screen, cloud
Antonyms
expose, reveal, unveil, elucidate
Curator example
“the body was washed and shrouded”
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