wrapped

verb

past tense of wrap
1
as in bandaged
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

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2
as in enveloped
to surround or cover closely a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

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Recent Examples of wrapped In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Getty Images for Cannes Lions A week after Cannes Lions wrapped, most of the industry is back at their desks and the dust has settled enough to see what actually mattered versus what was just noise on the Croisette. — Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns. — Mary Ella Hastings july 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026 The energy carried into match day, as fans wrapped in yellow jerseys and scarves packed the KC restaurant an hour before kickoff. — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 That summer came mere months after the 36-year-old pop superstar wrapped her all-encompassing Eras Tour. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 July 2026 Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026 Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle. — Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 3 July 2026 To enter this anniversary uncritically — wrapped in flags and the mythology of manifest destiny — is to be bamboozled. — Otis Moss Iii, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped
  1. bandaged
  2. enveloped
  3. circled
  4. shrouded
  5. taped
  6. enclosed
  7. banded
  8. encased
Verb
  • Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
Definition of bandaged
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  • Local media footage showed people trapped on the roof of the five-floor building, enveloped in thick black smoke, while the spray from fire truck hoses fell short of flames showing through windows on its upper floors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • The clouds begin to part The clouds of grief and sorrow that had enveloped Gounder with the approach of the World Cup were dispersed by the bright orange sun of a New York Knicks championship, the team’s first in 53 years.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
Definition of enveloped
Verb
  • Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Earlier in 2026, a crew of four astronauts circled the moon without landing during the Artemis II mission.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of circled
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  • Earlier footage shows fires were burning on multiple floors and the building shrouded in thick, black smoke.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • And the strikes’ legal justification, which has been shrouded in secrecy, is now being tested in federal court.
    — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of shrouded
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  • The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026
  • When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of taped
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  • The Purple Leaf Solarium is enclosed with 360-degree removable screen windows to give you a breeze.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
  • The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Definition of enclosed
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  • They were named and banded, and their names were announced Monday — in addition to Mavis, they were named Buddy, Frankie, and Tweedy.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The physical distinction between eastern and broad-banded copperheads is minimal.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Definition of banded
Verb
  • Sweltering 94 degree heat encased San Jose on June 11, but that didn’t stop dozens of middle-age and bearded men from confidently strutting around Santana Row in heels.
    — Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of encased

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