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
Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The first is with Tallulah, her best friend slash client who’s been slacking off on both fronts since cocooning into her new relationship with Tessa.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
—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
Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The first is with Tallulah, her best friend slash client who’s been slacking off on both fronts since cocooning into her new relationship with Tessa.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
—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
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Costco recommends wrapping it in a towel and smashing it into pieces with a hammer.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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So Jazzlyn dropped the tape and used all her strength to keep the snake from wrapping around her dad.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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Oversized coats, structured yet enveloping silhouettes, and shearling pieces really define the look.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Music remained my tool, my outlet, my light in the darkness that was enveloping me.—
Des Moines Register,
Des Moines Register,
2 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Then venetian blinds shrouding the box slowly rose to reveal glass walls and, inside them, a sinister diorama—a replica of RTLM, or Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, the radio station that fuelled the catastrophe.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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So unfortunately, right now there's a cloud of mystery still shrouding what's happening here.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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On top lies the picotage technique as well as a pattern of overlapping black circles, that is both enclosing and creating space while also keeping out.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Buyers at Gatherpoint can personalize their homes to their preferences with options for extending patios, lanais and garages, enclosing flex rooms and expanding indoor-outdoor connections with pocketing or zero-corner sliding glass doors.—
Pulte Homes,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions).—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Pill pockets, like this top option by Greenies, mask the sight and smell of a pill by encasing it in a treat.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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