Examples of enclosure in a Sentence
During the day the horses are kept in an enclosure.
a letter with two enclosures
One of the enclosures was a photograph.
the enclosure of a photograph with a letter
the enclosure of the garden
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Last November, 43 Rhesus macaques escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research after an enclosure wasn’t fully locked.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Conway Morris points to intelligence in other animals — such as crows using tools, dolphins solving problems, and octopuses escaping enclosures — as evidence that cognition has emerged multiple times in different ways.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
But when a mother (Olivia Horton) throws her toddler into a moat surrounding an enclosure full of prowling lions at the zoo, puzzle pieces come together like a satanic symbol.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The search follows a similar incident last year in South Carolina, when 43 Rhesus macaques escaped from a medical research breeding facility after an employee failed to properly secure an enclosure.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Conway Morris points to intelligence in other animals — such as crows using tools, dolphins solving problems, and octopuses escaping enclosures — as evidence that cognition has emerged multiple times in different ways.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
But when a mother (Olivia Horton) throws her toddler into a moat surrounding an enclosure full of prowling lions at the zoo, puzzle pieces come together like a satanic symbol.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The search follows a similar incident last year in South Carolina, when 43 Rhesus macaques escaped from a medical research breeding facility after an employee failed to properly secure an enclosure.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enclosure
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“Enclosure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enclosure. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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