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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
At night in Havana, the stars are often clearly visible as most of the city is swathed in near total darkness.
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Lunar mountains in the south will come into view, swathed in color.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Elevate the Eat-In Kitchen While most of the layout was left untouched, the Voigts opted to overhaul the cooking space, trading the original dark built-ins for bright cabinetry painted Linen White (912) and swathing the ceiling in sky blue Smoke (2122-40, at 50%), both by Benjamin Moore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Frail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Michael Rios, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Lunar mountains in the south will come into view, swathed in color.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Elevate the Eat-In Kitchen While most of the layout was left untouched, the Voigts opted to overhaul the cooking space, trading the original dark built-ins for bright cabinetry painted Linen White (912) and swathing the ceiling in sky blue Smoke (2122-40, at 50%), both by Benjamin Moore.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Frail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathe
Verb
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Another young girl, Maria Antonia’s best friend, leaps out of her desk to wrap her arms around her.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cardi stands on the edge of the room as the women straddle chairs backward, tightening their core muscles and wrapping their ankles around the back in order to control their slow descent to the ground.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
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His face was scratched and his arm was bandaged.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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He was hooked up to an IV along with several monitors and his arm and hand were bandaged.—
Ashley Hume , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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And at Cal State San Marcos, a central statue of Chavez was shrouded in moving blankets Wednesday.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Inside, the airy lobby envelopes us in the brand’s signature Le Labo scent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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As much as this music ties itself to the beauty of the physical world, it’s also enveloped by a thick fog.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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As a precaution, the highway leading out of Izium to the next town has also been enclosed in a corridor of netting.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathe. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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