1.   He recognized that, although she had worn the veil for several years, she had never made her monastic profession.

2.   One day an older woman who wore the veil cursed her and accused her of being loose.

3.   The bride wore a veil with a beaded headpiece.

4.   She had made a gesture in the direction of decency by wearing a veil, behind which she sat disdainfully.

5.   Bobogol, who had never even worn a veil, was beaten by Taliban police, she said, because her robe was too bright a shade of turquoise.

6.   A small number of women refuse to wear the veil in public, and alcohol is tolerated in private homes.

7.   After being expelled from school for wearing a veil, Rahima today feels more Muslim than French.

8.   During the rule of the Taliban, women wore veils.

9.   Educated in America, Ms. Abdali wears a veil, as a sign of Islamic piety, but is a total Web-head underneath.