envelop
Example Sentences
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If the cameras and heat sensors around the house detect danger, the system can envelop the home in over 1,000 gallons of fire retardant and hundreds of gallons of fire-suppressing foam.
From Los Angeles Times
For all the emotion that enveloped the Dodgers postseason, it turns out none of it could compare to the private hell endured by one of their own.
From Los Angeles Times
A ‘deep freeze’ has enveloped the U.S. labor market.
He hugged his family and promised, silently, that he would envelop them in love his entire life.
From Literature
I sat frozen, unsure what to do, enveloped in the sweaty aura of the man slumped on my shoulder, drooling out of the corner of his mouth.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
