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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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Recent Examples of swathe
It’s swathed in treasured family recipes passed down through generations, amusing stories and anecdotes exchanged at holiday dinners and events, and daily conversations at random places with random people.
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Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Expect each of these to be swathed in pageantry—but not much more than that.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 May 2026
The fabric has been twice tested, once just off the Florida Keys and a second time at the Seaquarium in Orlando, where the manatee tank was twice covered over to study the mammals’ reaction to being swathed in bright pink.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
With dark wood floors, vintage furnishings swathed in velvet, and distressed leather headboards, the room feels almost more English country house than downtown Manhattan.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Expect each of these to be swathed in pageantry—but not much more than that.
—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 May 2026
The fabric has been twice tested, once just off the Florida Keys and a second time at the Seaquarium in Orlando, where the manatee tank was twice covered over to study the mammals’ reaction to being swathed in bright pink.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
With dark wood floors, vintage furnishings swathed in velvet, and distressed leather headboards, the room feels almost more English country house than downtown Manhattan.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for swathe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathe
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This 12-inch pan is tri-ply, meaning an aluminum core is wrapped in dual layers of stainless steel.
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Silky tannins are wrapped around flavors of blackberry, black currant, crushed violet petal, and cherry, with a closing note of clove.
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Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
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Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.
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The Levi’s logo, loosely shaped like a jeans pant pocket, was shrouded in a white covering — but the move counterintuitively generated buzz for the company on social media from amused fans.
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To understand why that shrouds a black hole in mystery, consider how no signal can travel faster than light.
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The 30-year-old Seattle Sounders star was immediately enveloped in the game as a kid.
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An extraordinary tiredness envelops my bones, rendering my senses into mush.
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Fans must pass through three separate checkpoints that enclose the entire campus before getting close to the stadium, and parking passes are checked well before entry.
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Fold in sides of tortilla to enclose filling, and roll tightly over filling.
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathe. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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