shawling

verb

present participle of shawl
as in enveloping

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shawling
  1. enveloping
  2. wrapping
  3. enclosing
  4. coating
  5. carpeting
  6. shrouding
  7. blanketing
  8. clothing
Verb
  • Silvestrov’s melancholic strings soared around him, enveloping the duo in their sense of pining.
    — Lucy Gellman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • There was, instead, a stillness so enveloping that John Carpenter could have shot a lifetime of movies there.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of enveloping
Verb
  • Orley comes to You’ve Got Mail after wrapping post on his third feature, an Amazon comedy titled Close Personal Friends that stars Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lilly Collins and Henry Golding.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Over 10 years and eight films, Radcliffe memorably brought the character to life on the big screen, before wrapping the franchise in 2011.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of wrapping
Verb
  • The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.
    — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclosing
Verb
  • More than 30% of the orders received by his aluminum-coating factory in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan come from American clients.
    — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • How the paint sends heat into space The coating tackles heat in two ways.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of coating
Verb
  • But dormant wildflower seeds can spring into action when conditions are just right, carpeting the landscape with delightful blooms.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In Angra dos Reis, there are dramatic mountain vistas, verdant jungle carpeting every ridge and islet, and warm, cerulean water.
    — Hannah Seligson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of carpeting
Verb
  • Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrouding
Verb
  • That reflected both the grey fog blanketing the early ’10s scene and the two collaborators’ advancing years.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Politics as usual As midterm elections approach, candidates up and down the ballot are blanketing the airwaves and digital channels with ads against data centers.
    — Barbara A. Trish, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of blanketing
Verb
  • His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of clothing
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