encased; encasing; encases
: to enclose in or as if in a case
Examples of encase in a Sentence
Ice encased the trees and power lines after the storm.
fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls
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For anyone under 35, a floppy disk is a magnetic memory strip encased in plastic that is physically inserted into a computer.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
After thousands of hours of digital reconstruction, the 3D scans clearly depicted tissue-thin bones encasing organs and musculature preserved in unprecedented detail.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Analysis at the UPenn Museum showed evidence of violence to each of the skulls – with one skull showing both an ax blow and a bullet encased in the skull.
—William E. Watson, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2025
While the restaurant had never served the Victorian-era dessert, Schiff unveiled this knockout in 2018: billowy swirls of meringue encasing Amarena cherry, fresh mint, and dark chocolate ice cream over chocolate cookie crumbs.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
After thousands of hours of digital reconstruction, the 3D scans clearly depicted tissue-thin bones encasing organs and musculature preserved in unprecedented detail.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
Analysis at the UPenn Museum showed evidence of violence to each of the skulls – with one skull showing both an ax blow and a bullet encased in the skull.
—William E. Watson, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2025
While the restaurant had never served the Victorian-era dessert, Schiff unveiled this knockout in 2018: billowy swirls of meringue encasing Amarena cherry, fresh mint, and dark chocolate ice cream over chocolate cookie crumbs.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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“Encase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encase. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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