Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensheathed
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Nearly 500 interviews with couples from 1937 through the 1980s, the breadth of which daughter Dorothy sorts through over a season, her father’s life’s work encapsulated in 25 large cardboard boxes.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026 -
No other sequence this year has better encapsulated why the Nuggets desperately need Gordon healthy.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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In the video, the dachshund is shown completely wrapped inside the sleeve of a dressing gown, his long and short body tightly cocooned as his owner frantically but gently rolls the fabric to release him.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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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
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Where the hill of Fiesole begins to climb, but still in Florence, that’s where the quiet idyll of Il Salviatino begins, a 15th-century villa surrounded by a 13-acre park just 10 minutes away from the Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore) and a 25-minute ride from the airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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If your lawn is surrounded by weeds, gophers may be attracted to the area, dining on the roots of the weeds on the way to your lawn.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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The latter was accompanied by the most striking choreography of the night, as a mass of humans encircled and swallowed Reznor at the end of the song, inviting him to join them in their amorphous horde.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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How to Get Around Koh Chang is almost entirely encircled by one main road, and the island doesn't have any private tuk-tuks or taxis.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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Smoke and blackness enfolded him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Built in the late nineteen-twenties, the park sits on more than eight acres at the foot of the hill where Carlsberg ran its original brewery, and is ringed by apartment blocks, schools, and churches.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The large circular feature at bottom left is Mare Orientale, a huge impact structure ringed by concentric mountain chains.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Ensheathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensheathed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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