cocooned

past tense of cocoon

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cocooned The effect is that guests feel cocooned in their own space, far away from the world generally, but even from other guests. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 On Earth, reactors are cocooned inside containment structures, which would be extremely expensive and technically challenging to build on the moon. — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Phenomenal energy, and the world outside, cocooned behind high-grade drywall. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere. — Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026 Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 The Spa After a day of sightseeing, guests can retreat to the hushed, subterranean spa, with a Finnish sauna, hammam, and an intimate pool area cocooned under a curving ceiling. — Alia Akkam, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026 The inward-looking nature of the melancholy Dane — conflicted and cocooned in his thoughts, paralyzed by his own intelligence, while the world constantly reflects back to him his own psychological predicament — feels oddly suited for our solipsistic times. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 In the video, the dachshund is shown completely wrapped inside the sleeve of a dressing gown, his long and short body tightly cocooned as his owner frantically but gently rolls the fabric to release him. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocooned
Verb
  • She’s wrapped work on another independent movie, Honeymoon/Funeral, a romantic comedy from Fresh Off the Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan that also stars Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed cocktails steps away in a part of the courtyard wrapped in a romantic mauve pink that colored the curtains, custom loungers, and drink tables.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Kardashian kicked off with a photo of herself facing away from the camera in a bathrobe while standing on a powdery beach, enveloped by a cotton candy pink sunset.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Those storylines enveloped the start of football season in September.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • A lot of the show’s ending elements are shrouded in mystery depending on how viewers interpret pieces of the puzzle.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Lamar Jackson's injuries are sometimes shrouded in uncertainty.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The site will also be enclosed with livestock-style fencing designed to blend into the surrounding agricultural landscape.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • They were enclosed a couple years later, due to the area’s foggy weather.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Though the signature dumplings, chor muang—chicken and peanut filling encased in delicate butterfly pea flower dough—are the star, don’t overlook the noodle dishes, which are slurpable, expertly sauced, and so soft as to be almost buttery.
    — Ali Domrongchai, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This tableau appears encased by the windshield, as if under a glass bell.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Cocooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocooned. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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