be shrouded in secrecy/mystery

Examples of shrouded

shrouded

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Indeed, the ' privatisation ' of water has been shrouded in secrecy since the idea was first mooted in the early 1990s.
Although schizophrenia has been studied for close to a century, the etiology of this devastating illness remains shrouded in mystery.
Currently, domestic violence is considered to be within the realm of the private sphere and is shrouded by concealed bans.
Too often one feels that it is wiser to concentrate on the creations alone and to leave the creator shrouded in decent obscurity.
In conclusion, while ancestorship is shrouded in a clair-obscur, three strong convictions are widely held.
Even so, it remains an event of some political significance, and one which has long remained shrouded in mystery.
The origins of its are not shrouded in much mystery.
It is common practice in developing states for the procurement of security and security-related contracts to be shrouded in secrecy and corruption.
But what they found there was shrouded in ambiguity.
The thing lies shrouded, invisible, in thousand-fold hallucinations.
This assumption is shrouded in vast uncertainty and is a topic for sensitivity analysis.
The origins of the scenario and the extent of the composer's involvement with it are shrouded in mystery.
The whole scene seems to be shrouded in fog.
They are not representative of tavern conflicts generally, in particular, because most conflicts were not taken to court and thus remain shrouded in mystery.
Shrouded in magico-religious beliefs and taboos, these tribes are largely conservative in their attitude towards modern medicine.
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