How to Use encompass in a Sentence

encompass

verb

• The district encompasses most of the downtown area.
• The mom of two donned a look that encompassed all of the above.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 12 Aug. 2019
• This song for me encompasses all the songs that amp me up.
  — USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
• Dame!—the spots that encompass the soul of the city that so many of us seek are harder to find.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2022
• The agreement will encompass six new series over the next two years.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
• Questions that encompass both the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of S&M.
  — Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Boundaries of the new city would encompass much of South Forsyth.
  — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 20 Feb. 2018
• Moc-toe boots encompass a wide range of footwear that share this one feature.
  — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
• Yet these do not encompass the most depressing finding of the study.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2018
• In fact, the changes go beyond questions of medium to encompass even the tone of movies at the festival.
  — Steven Zeitchik, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2017
• The story at the heart of Take Care of Maya encompasses both.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
• But that doesn't fully encompass what the series—and book—is about.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023
• That means the pain has widened beyond tech and high-growth stocks to encompass more of Wall Street.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 May 2022
• While the all-encompassing dust might blot out the sun, that swirling dust also absorbs heat.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2018
• The official declined to say what that might encompass.
  — Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2020
• To put it in perspective, the fire encompassed an area of canyons and ridges about half the size of the Seattle city limits.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 June 2019
• What does the book encompass that doesn’t appear in this narrative?
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Each of her pieces confronts and encompasses the viewer and everything else in the gallery.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
• Just two simple words that somehow encompass an idea so big, most of us have no idea how to wrap our heads around it.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2021
• In practice, bus rapid transit has come to encompass a range of services.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
• And there’s the fact that a single odor can encompass so many disparate elements.
  — Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
• But what those changes will encompass is the million-dollar question.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2020
• That’s an all-encompassing statement, one that throws a wide net.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 10 Feb. 2018
• The map appeared to show Israel encompassing all three.
  — The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2023
• That’s a period of time that encompasses the rise of hockey.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2018
• This is the largest environmental event of its kind and encompasses six states.
  — Cincinnati.com, 17 May 2017
• The probes have mostly cleared him of any wrongdoing, though some are ongoing and none of them encompassed the soap opera.
  — Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• The black box of quantum mechanics has expanded to encompass the world.
  — John Horgan, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2021
• Pele encompassed the beautiful game but far outside the boundaries of his his native shores.
  — SI.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• Nobody had the nerve to challenge his all-encompassing power.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 30 May 2017

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024