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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shroud" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a covering or concealment, often in a metaphorical sense, such as something that obscures or hides something else.
Example: "The fog settled over the valley like a shroud, hiding the landscape from view."
Alternatives: "a veil" or "a cloak".
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Her pallor becomes a shroud of skin.
Her dress looks like a shroud.
Grief crosses her face like a shroud.
As one survivor said to TV cameras, "A shroud is a shroud, same for everyone".
It looked as if it were draped in a shroud.
Soon I'll only be needing pyjamas or a shroud.
By weaving four coordinated threads into a shroud of inaction.
That created a shroud to hide the computer terminal.
"Hangs like a shroud," Hemingway said, tearing the coat off.
'Night Stalker' Canceled Cast a shroud over "Night Stalker".
I think of bloodstains seeping through a shroud.
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