Sentence examples similar to veiled influence from inspiring English sources

During a lengthy and at times heated cross-examination, the government cited e-mail messages, postings and radio comments in which Mr. Turner made thinly veiled threats, boasted of his influence with his listeners and said he would be "honored" to take credit for the murder of the family of a federal judge.

But in his timely new book, The Power Paradox, UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner posits that our influence is based not on veiled or naked power grabs, but on virtues such as empathy, generosity and cooperation.

The army has shown that it is happy to wield influence while veiling its power.

Women are veiled.

Others wore veiled masks.

She too is veiled.

But she is veiled.

Every woman was veiled.

Things were less veiled.

All the women were veiled.

(And even that is veiled).