How to Use envelop in a Sentence

envelop

verb
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  • Despite his small stature, a space opens up, and he is enveloped by the crowd.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2023
  • The salmon is baked and flaked, enveloped in a creamy citrus miso dressing.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • And the soundtrack is an aural movie, a time capsule of sound that envelops you and floats you above the ground.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 May 2023
  • On the trail that skirts the marsh grass, a dense cloud of bloodlust envelops the visitor.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Use the Power of Scent Set the mood by enveloping your home in an inviting scent.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Bring your kayak or rent a boat and head out on the water to feel like you're enveloped in fall colors.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That changed this month as worries about stress in the banking system enveloped stocks around the world.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Until then residents of the Big Apple can attend and be enveloped in the sounds of the genre.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • New York City was enveloped in eerie orange smoke, harming the health of people all along the East coast.
    — Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • By Friday, the area will again be enveloped in cloud cover, with the chance of night and morning drizzle.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Dallas and Fort Worth will be among the five hottest cities in the country over the next week as extreme heat once again envelops North Texas.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
  • As sheets of ice slowly enveloped the vessel in late 2018, its fate seemed sealed.
    — Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The year is 1582, and flames envelop the area surrounding the fallen.
    — Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The sound from both the soundbar and subwoofer can envelop an entire room.
    — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Back then, the skyway was often enveloped in smog and always smelled.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The rain shield from this could envelop the South Coast for a few hours, bringing some showers.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Within minutes, the crowd enveloping the green was a dozen deep.
    — Photographs By Doug Mills, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The soothing warmth of the water envelops your body, helping to ease tension and release stress.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In the United States, more dangerous heat will envelop large parts of the South and Southwest.
    — Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The soft summer night enveloped them, their mouths full of sugar and laughter, their fingers glossy and sweet.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Texas reached the other this summer, as record-breaking heat enveloped the South.
    — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This oil will envelop each strand of hair and boost its moisture levels.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Heavy black velvet curtains envelop the room, keeping the light out and the noise in, so as not to disturb the bar’s neighbors.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Sam Kiszka is sitting in front of an ocean-blue wall sipping coffee, enveloped in a sea of calm.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As performers overhead enveloped the audience in arias, Sbrana felt like the Hulk was pulling on the tendons in the right side of her neck.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But whether or not the aura of Valentine’s Day envelops your own heart in a rose-colored veil, symbols of love are inescapable this time of year.
    — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But the fine surface particles that swirl in those gusts create dust storms that can envelop much of the planet.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
  • The tea room is enveloped in a custom wallpaper by Iksel.
    — Amy Chin, ELLE Decor, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Those are dispatches from the battle against the punishing heat that has enveloped much of the United States this summer.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In the summertime, it’s cleaned to prepare for the possible rupture of late August fires known to envelop homes and the wilderness in a haze of smoke.
    — Fariha Róisín, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023

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