How to Use enclosure in a Sentence

enclosure

noun
  • During the day the horses are kept in an enclosure.
  • One of the enclosures was a photograph.
  • In the clip, the ape taps on the glass of its enclosure and points at the human baby.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2023
  • The zoo says Ben crawled through a mesh hole in his enclosure.
    Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Last Tuesday, the bird was found dead in its enclosure, per the Post.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The 4-year-old bear, Ben, fled the outdoor enclosure at 1 p.m., the zoo said in a news release.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Enough so that some of the Zoo's sea lions were able to leave their enclosure and swim around the zoo!
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Feelings are hurt and then mended like the fences around the sheep enclosure.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The zipper enclosure is sturdy and tucked away for a clean look.
    Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • And so, on Monday, staff went to retrieve the owl from its enclosure.
    Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The vast crowd is visible through the enclosure, all around you, from the rugby field to the upper decks.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Xiao Qi Ji and Tian Tian lay on the outskirts of their enclosure and played with zoo staff.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The audience looms on three sides of their enclosure; on the fourth is the ominous black wall of a two-way mirror.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The inmates also helped clear out some of the enclosures at the sanctuary, Williams said.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Since then, the orangutan enclosure has been closed to the public to allow him and his first-time mother to bond.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • In the clip, Buzz cautiously sticks her head out of her den into the large, grassy enclosure.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Gone were the days of massive speaker enclosures with huge cones.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • The researchers showed nearly a hundred 2- to 3-year-olds the dogs in an enclosure, with a platform that was just out of reach.
    Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Although none of the store’s pets had to be relocated, Thomas had to use a jack to keep their enclosures out of the water.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The mother bear, Mei Xiang, was the first taken out of the enclosure, carried in a crate by a forklift to the awaiting truck.
    William Wan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
  • They’d been housed in cages that were too small and didn’t have bedding; none of the enclosures contained food or water, the complaint said.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Just beyond, on the other side of the enclosure, was his love — the only wild macaw in a city that hasn’t seen a free one of their kind in two centuries.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The oval transducer, wider at the top than at the base, is roughly the size of the earcup and occupies the entire driver enclosure.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Winchester floats in the shaded enclosure on the south end of Gatorland.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the video, Rex could be seen being fed in his enclosure, while one of the other ravens, Poppy, even came to check him out more closely.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The mammal briefly escaped her enclosure after heavy rain caused her pool to flood.
    Candice Williams, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Why Trust Us? Empty cigar boxes make great enclosures for all kinds of projects.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Kenya, the female vulture, hopped onto a tree stump in the middle of their outdoor enclosure at the Maryland Zoo.
    Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The challenge begins and ends at the tower near the buffalo enclosure.
    The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
  • After a few tense moments, both staff members reach a door area, avoid the gorilla's gaze, and leave the enclosure.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024

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