cocoon

Example Sentences

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I think about the dense woods cocooning the property, with the meandering, secret paths we made ourselves with wheelbarrows full of mulch.

From Literature

I expected Aunt Kitty to still be snuggled under her covers tight like a caterpillar in a cocoon, but she was not.

From Literature

It was a place that seemed wrapped in a cocoon of nostalgia.

From Los Angeles Times

Or the part where we emerge from our cocoons and ask each other, in mock-amazement, whether this is really who we are.

From Salon

Something that understood the rhythm of a slow morning, thick socks, a fogged-up kitchen, the whole mood of wintertime cocooning.

From Salon