For years past I have continually been conscious of some power behind the malefactor, some deep organising power which forever stands in the way of the law, and throws its shield over the wrong-doer. Again and again in cases of the most varying sorts--forgery cases, robberies, murders--I have felt the presence of this force, and I have deduced its action in many of those undiscovered crimes in which I have not been personally consulted. For years I have endeavoured to break through the veil which shrouded it, and at last the time came when I seized my thread and followed it, until it led me, after a thousand cunning windings, to ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity.

She bought a shroud for herself long before she died.

Dust shrouded Mars for three months before fading away.

The mountain was shrouded in fog.

The shroud obscured the dancer's face.

Mary's pictures often show figures shrouded in a heavy mist.

Mary's life was shrouded in scandal and mystery.

A special online exhibition of the Shroud of Turin took place on Holy Saturday.

Some say the Shroud of Turin is a photo made by Leonardo da Vinci using a camera obscura.

Tom's life is shrouded in scandal and mystery.