wrapped up

past tense of wrap up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wrapped up Boise State football wrapped up fall camp on Saturday afternoon with its second scrimmage within the space of a week, bringing to a close a grueling 18 days of practices ahead of the start of the season in two weeks. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026 Allisen Corpuz wrapped up the last automatic place Friday, and Andrea Lee and Alison Lee took spots off the working ranking Sunday. ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival wrapped up on Friday, with Austria taking home the top prize. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026 As their conversation wrapped up, Darrell gathered her daughter, Kenya, Wasserman Schultz and two campaign staffers into a prayer huddle. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 Lamm wrapped up a 58 year run on stage with Chicago last year. Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 New signings Jacquet and Ronald Araujo played their first minutes for the club as Andoni Iraola’s side wrapped up their pre-season schedule with a 2-0 win over Como. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 In this case, we’re wrapped up in criticizing celebrity bodies while the right to govern our own is taken away. Brittney McNamara, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 The probe was conducted by the $54 billion defense contractor’s outside law firm, and wrapped up in recent days, the people said. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped up
Verb
  • Hutton wanted to stay in the game after his playing career ended.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Woodland, who entered the final 18-hole round tied for fourth place, six shots behind eventual champion Wyndham Clark, ended Sunday’s round in that same fourth-place slot with Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup following rounds of 64-65-70-69.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As can best be summarized, the title character Niu Lai is a young calf born to a forest/shifting dreamscape who relies on his mother for protection.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Generic content is more likely to be summarized as common knowledge than cited as evidence of authority.
    Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • McCaffrey has either finished as the RB1/2 or missed 10+ games for six straight seasons, recording three of each.
    Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The body of the most extreme version of the automaker’s iconic sports car is available finished in either White or GT Silver Metallic with the front and rear fascias, along with the wing caps, covered in a green protective film.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Earlier this week, researchers outlined an attack that used a secret input provided by Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise to cause the AI assistant to exfiltrate a password present in the user’s inbox.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Practice them two or three times per week, as outlined below.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At least 15 babies and children from the faith-healing sect died between 2015 and 2025 from illnesses that doctors could have successfully treated, the experts concluded.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kirk Heilbrun, a forensic psychologist who evaluated Clancy in April, concluded his testimony Tuesday, testifying that Clancy was suffering from a form of bipolar disorder, but could still appreciate that killing her children was wrong.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Another person familiar with the event said that organizers had wound up deciding to focus it solely on crypto.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Travis wound up in frigid Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Wrapped up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped%20up. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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