envelop

The portraits on the wall, whose characters occasionally come alive, start to envelop us.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

This “deep-dive arctic wave” of weather is expected to envelop basically 50% of the U.S. — as many as 30 states, so it’s a big storm that’s not leaving soon, said Yawger.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

This is hardly the first scandal to envelop a major college team, of course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

Months after ICE’s widely publicized raids, fear continues to envelop Santa Ana, a majority-Hispanic city with a large immigrant population.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

When it rains, clouds envelop the mountains, and the flooded valleys buzz with swarms of mosquitoes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

One moment the music envelops us in a mysterious hush and then it is downright jaunty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

"The feeling of relief and happiness envelops us after 477 long and unbearable days of nerve-wracking waiting," her family said in a statement shortly after her return.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

I love the sizzle of the hot, spiced ghee when it is poured into the lentils, the way that dal envelops a bowl of rice like a hug.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

For the polar bears of Manitoba, Canada, the sea ice that envelops western Hudson Bay for most of the year is the ideal hunting ground for a feast of blubber-rich seals.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024

Sinking In the car on the way home the engine battles the hum of silence and sadness that envelops you.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

Even worse air enveloped the central and western regions of the state.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

After he grounded out in his final at-bat, Freeman enveloped him in an impromptu bear hug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Michael” is that disastrous blunder, the thing so completely enveloped in its own self-righteousness that looks terrible no matter where you’re standing.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

Furniture had been pushed to the center and enveloped in plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Slowly, my father was sinking away from us, enveloped by some invisible sea.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But every cloud has a silver lining, even the cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping your city or town.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

But the top note, the sauce, is the silence enveloping it all, peppered by the thunder of a squall just outside.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

In the confrontation that followed, one of the agents tossed a tear-gas canister, which an employee kicked under their vehicle, enveloping it with noxious fumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

Their voices soared, cracked with grief, enveloping those gathered in a wave of pure emotion.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

Even the Sun would be invisible in the daytime; its light would be scattered and diffused over the whole sky—just as scuba divers see only a uniform enveloping radiance beneath the sea.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan