: something used to wrap an object : wrapper
Examples of wrapping in a Sentence
She tore the wrapping off the present.
Some of the mummy's wrappings had been removed.
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From there, the mattress (which was packaged in plastic wrapping) quickly expanded to fit my queen-size bed frame.
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
While walking recently on the street with an AP crew, an older woman stopped JR — now, a household name in his country — to share her memories of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapping.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
This idea is neatly illuminated in the seminal What Can One Do with a Paving Stone, 1971, comprising a series of black-and-white photographs mounted to canvas and showing the artist variously carrying, caressing, wrapping, and otherwise handling the titular stone.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Feb. 2026
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing.
—R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
While walking recently on the street with an AP crew, an older woman stopped JR — now, a household name in his country — to share her memories of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapping.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
This idea is neatly illuminated in the seminal What Can One Do with a Paving Stone, 1971, comprising a series of black-and-white photographs mounted to canvas and showing the artist variously carrying, caressing, wrapping, and otherwise handling the titular stone.
—News Desk, Artforum, 22 Feb. 2026
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“Wrapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrapping. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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