ensphered

past tense of ensphere

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ensphered
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
  • 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
  • The island had gone from farm and pasture in the nineteenth century to nature preserves and residential property in the twentieth, its silvery shingled homes encircled by forests and deer.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Today, the Green is encircled by Whitfield, Broad, Park and Boston streets.
    Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 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
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“Ensphered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ensphered. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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