How to Use swathe in a Sentence

swathe

verb

• Her neck was swathed in jewels.
• The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.
• Now and then a dog-walker, masked or swathed in a scarf, passed.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
• Expect each of these to be swathed in pageantry—but not much more than that.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
• Their faces were smeared with dirt, their tunics stiff with mud, their heads swathed in rags.
  — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
• It was swathed in a warm pear green and a cheerful fig leaf plant sat in the corner.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2023
• Here the female half of the couple is swathed in an immense gauzy white veil.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2019
• The outside is swathed in cotton, while the inside is stuffed with polyester balls.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2018
• Brudnizki has swathed the bedrooms in warm-salmon and earthy-green tones.
  — Jackie Cooperman, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2023
• In the bedrooms, mosquito nets swathed four-poster beds.
  — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
• Lunar mountains in the south will come into view, swathed in color.
  — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
• Models were swathed in yards of fabric, and yet everything felt airy and light.
  — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2018
• Each of the seven lavish suites is swathed in damask, silk brocade and zellige.
  — Lindsay Cohn, ELLE Decor, 6 Mar. 2018
• Banquettes are swathed in a rich tropical palette of turquoise and corals.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2023
• In the center of the room, swathed in shadow, is the faint spectral outline of a small boy.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
• Even when swathed in sheer black tights, her willowy stems maintained a scene-stealing presence.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 July 2017
• Near the river, a large Garry Oak tree is swathed in fringes of lime-green lichen.
  — Lisa Pemberton, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2017
• Those who were released crossed a road between the front lines that was swathed in mist on Sunday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• The first and second floors are dedicated to the humans and are swathed in cool grays and whites.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 11 July 2018
• The rotund Endara, his head swathed in a bandage, later went on a hunger strike.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• She was swathed in baby blue and beads, and thrilled to be at her first correspondents’ dinner.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2023
• The penthouse triplex is swathed in neutrals, including a pink bathroom and a very white kitchen.
  — Curbed, 21 July 2023
• Milonis sat in court in a wheelchair, his head swathed in a bandage covered by a plastic helmet.
  — Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2019
• Tuna of this caliber doesn’t yearn to be swathed in mayonnaise and studded with celery.
  — Molly Baz, Bon Appetit, 22 May 2018
• As the morning sun pours in, the two women swathe machines in bubble wrap and place them in cardboard boxes.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2021
• To improve the fit of the shoes, dancers swathe their toes in lamb’s wool or household items such as paper towels and makeup pads.
  — Claire Martin, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
• Designers have swathed the body of the Vision Iconic in black high-gloss paint.
  — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
• The walls and nailhead-trim headboard are swathed in a handsome windowpane wool plaid, a navy with silver stripes.
  — Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2017
• Female dancers are swathed in black velvet ribbon, and sheer micro-tulle trimmed to classic midi-length.
  — Sarah Gidick, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
• More Stories The event arrived, as with all things Ocean, swathed in mystery.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2019