veil of silence

That thought became a veil of silence drifting down on us.

We must increase our efforts in order to lift the veil of silence.

The veil of silence had come down, as it had with her.

Having said that, I draw a merciful veil of silence.

The service took place under an official veil of silence, with no advance word in state-run media.

And a veil of silence descended upon him that was practically palpable.

His heart leapt with relief that he had penetrated her veil of silence.

The strain was getting to her, something had to happen soon to break this veil of silence, or she was going to go mad.

It is not sufficient for us to draw a veil of silence over the matter but we must tackle this problem honestly and frankly.

A veil of silence will come down."

The Lucky Dragon incident pierced the veil of silence.

It was 44 days before the investigators penetrated the racist veil of silence that enveloped the case and found the bodies.

The participants were cloaked in mystery, since Peter Jackson, the director, threw a veil of silence over the project.

I shall say no more, drawing instead a merciful veil of silence over brazen French degeneracy.

He hung a merciful veil of silence over his own efforts with the saber and the slashing stroke.

It will not satisfy me that you forgive my boldness, and draw the veil of silence over my mad attempt.

Far behind him, wrapped under a thick veil of silence, Nikitas heard distant cracks as if from fireworks.

Why you..." But over what the portly sawbones said then, let us draw a censoring veil of silence.

It is the kind of mistake over which the considerate and discreet thing is to draw the veil of silence."

It has pierced the veil of silence that, for decades, has obscured the astounding growth of what can fairly be called plutocracy.

Seven Veils Of Silence, an album by Hecate (musician)

Before the company unveiled its technology at a heavily attended news conference in January, Transmeta labored under a veil of silence and nondisclosure agreements.

She had felt uneasy, ever since she received her son's letter, lest something should prove to be hidden behind the veil of silence which he had drawn.

Robillard dropped a veil of silence upon the pirate ships, preventing their wizards from casting any defensive spells, then plopped three fireballs-Boom!

"You will have to draw a veil of silence around the harem," I told the scribes, "for I do not intend to think of it further."