SECRECY in a Sentence

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45 example sentences for SECRECY, such as:

1. You are under pledge of secrecy.
2. His sister had been bound to secrecy.
3. It fell to his lot, now, to stipulate for secrecy.
4. The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
5. Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.

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 Meanings and Examples of SECRECY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
secrecy
 n.  state of being secret or concealed
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  It fell to his lot, now, to stipulate for secrecy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
2  Miss Crawford need not have urged secrecy with so much warmth; she might have trusted to her sense of what was due to her cousin.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
3  These meetings were carried on with the greatest secrecy.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
4  Wildeve by himself would have been merely an agitation; Wildeve added to the dance, and the moonlight, and the secrecy, began to be a delight.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
5  It is very natural that the pledge of secrecy which we have exacted from you should have aroused your curiosity.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
6  But not one word shall they have from me, and I bind you to secrecy also, Dr. Watson.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
7  Surely there is no need of secrecy between you and me.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
8  Each member of the Cabinet was informed of it yesterday, but the pledge of secrecy which attends every Cabinet meeting was increased by the solemn warning which was given by the Prime Minister.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
9  Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
11  There is a strange secrecy in his nature," replied Hester, thoughtfully; "and it has grown upon him by the hidden practices of his revenge.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
12  Nothing in my opinion has ever passed to justify doubt; no secrecy has been attempted; all has been uniformly open and unreserved.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
13  It was not Lucy's business to put herself forward, and the appearance of secrecy must still be kept up.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35
14  Since that time, which is far enough away now, I have often thought that few people know what secrecy there is in the young under terror.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
15  Mystery and secrecy have long been his principal characteristic, have long replaced unlimited confidence.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
Example Sentence:
1  She was bursting to announce the news but was sworn to secrecy.
2  Officials tend to tilt toward secrecy from a parochial view of their responsibilities.
3  You are under pledge of secrecy.
4  Their work is carried out behind a veil of secrecy.
5  The federal appeals court agreed with him, saying that the White House demand for secrecy would lead to abuses.
6  The organization has managed to maintain secrecy about its activities.
7  The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.
8  Perhaps, when you've heard me out, you'll appreciate the reason for secrecy.
9  All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.
10  By breaking the rule of absolute secrecy, he became a marked man.
11  His sister had been bound to secrecy.
12  Her whereabouts have been shrouded in secrecy since she received the death threat.
13  He and his close circle of family and helpers were sworn to secrecy about his part in the ceremony.
14  He has seen the disruptive effects of big egos elsewhere in LENR research and wants to avoid the destructive patterns of rivalry and secrecy which can result.
15  Rochester enforce this concealment? His guest had been outraged, his own life on a former occasion had been hideously plotted against; and both attempts he smothered in secrecy and sank in oblivion! Lastly, I saw Mr.