How to Use encapsulate in a Sentence

encapsulate

verb
  • The contaminated material should be encapsulated and removed.
  • This hour of dance encapsulates all that.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Side by side, the two seasons encapsulate what the club is all about.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The purple fruit notes encapsulate the tartness of the skin and the yield of the flesh.
    Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2025
  • Because one day isn't enough to encapsulate this force of a woman.
    Shelby Stewart, Houston Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Now, Harley seems to encapsulate a lot of what’s going wrong.
    Bloomberg, latimes.com, 25 June 2018
  • This loss, in a sense, encapsulated the last third of their season.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • That led me to designing how these three looks would be all encapsulated in one box.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But that doesn’t fully encapsulate his role.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And, the deep brown cacao nibs hue truly encapsulates the cozy essence of the season.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This album encapsulates some of the best years and memories of my life.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 May 2024
  • The luncheon is just one part of the extended pageantry that encapsulates the race.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • The placement of the art would need to encapsulate that brilliance of that resilience.
    Celina Caesar-Chavannes, refinery29.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Then pick up a book that starts with the premise that language can never truly encapsulate such ideas and go from there.
    Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • One of Louisville's all-time greats will be encapsulated in a new medium soon.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In the image, a central dark region is encapsulated by a ring of light that looks brighter on one side.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The new car encapsulates the best qualities of its two parents.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
  • What a way to encapsulate the hype of a marquee first-year player and a program’s future.
    Mike Anthony, courant.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The above clip encapsulates how much work went into getting just a few usable seconds of footage.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Fellner encapsulates my sense of it.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The way Lenny stops to wink at the camera at the end encapsulates the coquettish essence of the show.
    Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Her life encapsulates what could be seen as the Roe era in American life.
    Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • Hence the brand tasks perfumers to encapsulate mundane episodes in bottles.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
  • The World Cup encapsulates what New York is all about.
    Jeffrey Lefrancois, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • As the dreamy name implies, the Wish will encapsulate everything true fairy tale fans adore.
    Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022
  • Marchand did his best to encapsulate those past few days during the course of about 20 minutes.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But one of the smallest tattoos seems to encapsulate Luvu the best.
    Nicki Jhabvala, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • My hope with this series is to encapsulate all the things that make rom-com novels fun — chemistry, friendship, road trips!
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Emery’s instructions were both too late and encapsulated the failings of his side.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Few brands encapsulate luxury in loungewear quite like Vuori.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026

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