ensheathed

past tense of ensheathe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensheathed
Verb
  • Ada’s overlapping cycles of initiation and desperation are intensely dramatic, but the movie’s hectic pace leaves each of them merely encapsulated in brief onscreen action or a few lines of dialogue, left undeveloped.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • The scene on the runway encapsulated the tumultuous diplomatic process, led by Pakistan and Qatar, that led to last week’s deal to end a war that destabilized the Middle East and damaged the world economy.
    E. Eduardo Castillo, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
    Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Piles of meat, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes surrounded the early risers.
    CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Today, the Green is encircled by Whitfield, Broad, Park and Boston streets.
    Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • Lend your home a bohemian touch with Safavieh’s rug encircled with jute medallions.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
  • Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Set high on the Eordea Plateau and ringed by Lakes Vegoritida and Petron, the region is cooler and drier than the rest of Greece in summer, with temperatures hovering in the 80s.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, drove the roughly ten minutes to Nancy’s sprawling brick ranch, ringed by cacti, in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood.
    Irin Carmon, Vulture, 29 June 2026
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“Ensheathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensheathed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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