encase
Example Sentences
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I’ve had several unpleasant dreams where I’m encased in one of Gran’s glass paperweights or trapped beneath the bell jar that houses her arrangement of dried flowers and dead butterflies.
From Literature
The sandwiches themselves are generous in size, featuring a thick chunk of ice cream encased in two soft-baked chocolate chip cookies and coated in mini chocolate chips.
From Salon
On the table there are a couple of books, a stack of pamphlets, and some clipped-out magazine articles encased in plastic.
From Literature
This mammoth died nearby, but his carcass slumped into an ancient stream bed and was covered by sediment and eventually topped by the pits’ oozing asphalt, encasing and preserving his bones.
Enormous machines wrapped layers of carbon around 40-foot-long cylinders, producing carbon tubes that can encase burning rocket fuel.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
