cocoon

Example Sentences

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The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

Then in Spring, each forms a cocoon before emerging as an adult butterfly to lay its own eggs.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Og flew back into the DJ booth, which closed up around him like a transparent cocoon.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline