encysted

Definition of encystednext
past tense of encyst

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for encysted
Verb
  • That single sequence has encapsulated Denver’s dealings — or lack of them — through the first week of free agency.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Simultaneously, a conditioning complex of peptides, ceramides, encapsulated hyaluronic acid, and botanical ingredients works to smooth, cushion, and replenish moisture where it’s most needed.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One pull can shift a room from bright and social to calm and cocooned, helping the space follow the day rather than fight it.
    Maria Williams, Ascend Agency, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The next, you’re cocooned in an all-electric Rolls-Royce, an immaculate tour de force of silence and bleeding-edge tech, adorned by the Spirit of Ecstasy.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • More than a dozen police and emergency vehicles surrounded a U-Haul truck cordoned off with caution tape outside the stadium.
    Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Encysted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encysted. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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