envelop
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box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, encase, enclose (also inclose), fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)
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The weather is giving Massachusetts a taste of the heat that has enveloped much of the country, according to the National Weather Service. — BostonGlobe.com, "Heat and humidity offer a weekend-long, double-barreled assault," 19 July 2019 He had been implicated in a dizzyingly complex transnational corruption scandal that had already enveloped much of the Peruvian political class. — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, "What Led Peru’s Former President to Take His Own Life?," 1 July 2019 The ethics controversy that has recently enveloped former Metro board member and chairman Jack Evans showed that problems with governance and leadership persist. — Washington Post, "Metro Red Line crash was pivotal event for agency and other U.S. subway systems," 29 June 2019 Here, amid the soft glow of nature, its enveloping harmonies made for solace and sorrow both — for a world on the edge of every imaginable disaster, but still capable of beauty despite it. — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, "‘The Forty Part Motet’ strikes a perfect note at the Clark Art Institute," 15 Aug. 2019 The forms and actions are a direct response to unique moments in the track, with everything eventually settling into an enveloping harmonious state. — Kat Bein, Billboard, "Opiuo Enlists Animator Dr. D Foothead for Psychedelic 'Kaleidoscope' Video: Exclusive," 8 Aug. 2019 Also par for the course is the all-enveloping moral ambiguity. — Adrian Daub, The New Republic, "Hulu’s Das Boot Gets Lost at Sea," 19 June 2019 At first, heavy fog from an enveloping cloud halted Bargiel’s progress. — National Geographic, "Meet the skier who made the 'impossible' first solo descent of K2," 12 June 2019 How, no one knows, but as the locomotive pushes into high gear, the rear few cars have become enveloped in flames. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "California Sounds: Mega Bog's curious folk rock, an SFV Acid trip and Automatic's dance punk," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'envelop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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