encasing

present participle of encase

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of encasing The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 The denim du jour is all about giving your legs some room to breathe instead of encasing them in snug fabric. Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 10 July 2026 Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon. Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 The 360-degree curved glass walls encasing the galleries offered many glimpses of a face that belonged to me but somehow wasn’t mine. Stephanie Shih june 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026 The concrete cap of a tomb encasing radioactive fallout now has cracks, and what’s beneath can rise from the dead. Devika Rao, TheWeek, 31 Mar. 2026 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 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 Natural thawing eliminates damage caused by trying to remove ice encasing stems of perennials and shrubs. Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encasing
Verb
  • Plaintiffs' attorney Alexander Shalom argued that housing the plaintiffs in a segregated unit violates their constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Elevator access is available in the main buildings housing the lobby and restaurants.
    Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • The flexible design allows the suit to move with the body rather than enclosing the legs inside a rigid frame.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
  • The animal farm had a two-meter-high fence enclosing it, half of it underground.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Research among American surgeons has shown that work-home conflict is strongly associated with burnout and emotional distress​, suggesting that the conflict surrounding demanding schedules may be more consequential than the schedules themselves.
    Alexandra Kharazi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Progressive Democratic politicians have won major electoral victories across the country in recent months amid growing frustrations surrounding inequality, affordability and potential threats to job security posed by artificial intelligence.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Color, line, and texture all play important roles in making a small garden feel expansive and inviting or confining and cramped.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The dragging chains had worn away all soft earth and grass, confining the dogs to circles of hard dirt.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • The movie itself disappoints him for its deviations from the Stephen King novel (including this detail may help preempt criticisms over this adaptation), but he’s also distracted by the presence of a strikingly handsome stranger (Homer Gere).
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • These terraces extend the riverside tidal park vertically, enveloping visitors in the nature that finds its home on the building's surfaces while offering spectacular views of Rotterdam.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
  • An upper-level trough in the Pacific Northwest that has kept that dome from enveloping California and driving up temperatures into the 100s has been just as influential, the weather service said.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Encasing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encasing. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on encasing

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster