cocoon

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

The smell of fields being burned in preparation for the next crop cycle filtered in and I’d lie cocooned in itchy blankets.

From The Wall Street Journal

That's certainly true of Trump, who likes to make his threats from behind a phone and in the safe cocoon of Mar-a-Lago.

From Salon

“I was cocooned in a zone of pure sound where nothing else existed,” he writes.

From Los Angeles Times

Ribs of wood on the walls, an imposing hearth, velvet drapes and gold domed lights over the luxe booths yield a cocoon of comfort.

From Washington Post