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
  • An upper-level trough in the Pacific Northwest that has kept that dome from enveloping California and driving up temperatures into the 100s has been just as influential, the weather service said.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • That pressure mirrored the underlying stress that’s currently enveloping the journalism world.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of enveloping
Verb
  • Two skinny straps crossed the toes, while another ran diagonally over the instep and met a narrow strap just below the ankle before wrapping around the heel.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
  • This involves folding gauze multiple times, placing it directly over the specific point of bleeding, and wrapping it tightly.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of wrapping
Verb
  • The animal farm had a two-meter-high fence enclosing it, half of it underground.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • Always leave one side open and ensure ventilation when enclosing outdoor equipment.
    — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 15 June 2026
Definition of enclosing
Verb
  • In just three minutes, the balm leaves hair feeling noticeably softer and smoother without coating the lengths or leaving behind residue.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026
  • Each spoonful was rich and silky, with creamy vanilla pudding coating tender banana slices and vanilla wafers that soaked up enough sweetness to become cake-like.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of coating
Verb
  • Flowers completely cover the needle-like foliage, carpeting the garden in vibrant pink, purple, and violet-red blooms.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • During the rainy winter and early spring months, otherworldly photos of the park make the rounds online, showing brilliant yellow, pink, and purple blooms carpeting an otherwise lunar landscape.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 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
  • Most voters are unlikely to realize many of the ads blanketing Michigan’s airwaves are funded by AIPAC.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • Weather patterns have carried the smoke hundreds of miles south into the eastern United States, blanketing cities from the Upper Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic in a thick haze and sharply reducing air quality.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of blanketing
Verb
  • Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • This is like inviting a homeless person into your home, sheltering them, feeding them, clothing them, educating them, and having that person's confidant leak that the newly comfortable person doesn't think less of you.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
Definition of clothing
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