sheathed

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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

At its heart was a 12ft tall emblem of the Hindu god Shiva, sheathed in gold encrusted with rubies and pearls.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Sergeant Ruiz and other officers tangled with Mr. Bonawitz, who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs nearly 300 pounds, before confiscating an eight-inch knife he had sheathed on his hip, prosecutors said.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

“My real self was like a kernel of corn sheathed in yards of concrete - as insulated as the nuclear material at Chernobyl.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2023

He walks among the palm trees, oblivious, whistling, his head sheathed in a halo of invisible numbers.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood