under cover of in a sentence
Examples
- The Japanese had left under cover of night, fog, and storm.
- The landing force was later safely withdrawn under cover of darkness.
- The men shot back before they fled, under cover of fog.
- Many deployments take place at night or under cover of early morning mist.
- The results, announced under cover of darkness, hid as much as they revealed.
- Mackellar gradually advanced his breastworks towards the ditch under cover of these batteries.
- Relief workers said they expected some refugees to slip away under cover of darkness.
- The administration is moving toward these controversial revisions under cover of the election campaign.
- That's when the locals take to the slopes under cover of the silvery light.
- He attacked under cover of darkness and exchanged artillery fire.