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Recent Examples of encrust
Opt for one encrusted with diamonds.
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Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2025
The eggs were crafted from gold or silver and encrusted with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2025
The eggs were crafted from gold or silver and encrusted with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires and other precious stones.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Edward Herman from the Cook Islands' Seabed Minerals Authority holding polymetallic nodules, misshapen black globes encrusted with cobalt, nickel, manganese and other coveted metals, on June 12, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
High ceilings stretched above me, encrusted with mouldings of flowers and faces, while garlands, angels, and Ionic columns flocked the dirty, peeling walls.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrust
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Police entered the home on a welfare check and noticed blood smeared on the walls and furniture scattered across the living room.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Just smear fake blood on your face, get gussied up in your finest wedding attire, and make sure to pose throughout the night, your lips hovering just inches away from each other, but never quite touching.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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The business ends of her tools are scrupulously clean, but the pale, slightly discoloured wooden handles have bits of old clay caked to them.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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When you’ve been outscored 69-9 in the first halves and by 76 points overall in the previous three games after losing Joe Burrow for three months, every decision comes caked in desperation.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Encrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrust. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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