enveloping

Example Sentences

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AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

The sets by David Korins are minimal, making the images of the Statue of Liberty all the more powerful, while the enveloping allure of the score continually draws us into the show’s swirling currents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

It’s a decision that was partly spiritual: when the world feels unmoored, it seemed perhaps worth remembering that our predecessors relied on the seasons as enveloping promises of change.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Then her mother lifted up the long, lovely scarf and gently folded it around and around, enveloping her daughter in tradition and love.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin