I've been studying and practicing secretly a whole month.

In Nauvoo it was practiced secretly, and limited to a relatively small number of selected church leaders.

It was rumored that the family were secretly practicing Judaic rites.

The teacher's gentle, face-saving conspiracy soon has Maggie secretly practicing cursive and turning into a happy good citizen despite herself.

Instead, he begins practicing secretly, taking a measure of himself, confronting the painful realities of advancing age.

Father Leo secretly practiced this extreme form of mortification, perhaps to help him master his quick temper.

Another tie is their religion, which they practiced secretly in a Communist nation's predominantly Muslim republics.

Now, we suddenly discover, she had been a cloistered nun-like Catholic secretly practicing her deep-seated religious beliefs.

Many people overtly converted to keep their possessions, while secretly practiced their religion.

She has been secretly practicing for this moment.