as in wrapping
to surround or cover closely
cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could
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Recent Examples of cocooning
That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocooning
Verb
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Nice drive-by swipe there on a Tony Pollard carry as Jonathon Cooper was wrapping him up.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Small Things Like These was shot between wrapping Oppenheimer and the awards run, with financing coming together when Murphy’s co-star Matt Damon joined as producer.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Next is Boll’s bedroom, a smallish, enveloping cabin.—
Laura Bannister,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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In In Farthest Seas, this silence is visual, too, the white of the page surrounding and almost enveloping the brief, revelatory chapters.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The layout was created to be as open as possible, drawing inspiration from loft living while strategically enclosing private areas like the bedroom, dressing spaces, and Meloni’s office.—
Gay Gassmann,
Architectural Digest,
27 Aug. 2025
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All around her, linen, encasing her, like a caul.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Desserts carry the same straightforward, honest goodness, as in fragile phyllo dough encasing mascarpone with cinnamon caramel and lovely lemon pistachios.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Cocooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocooning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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