- present participle of envelop.
enveloping
Example Sentences
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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
It was so dark that I wondered, as I had many times before, if this was what blindness felt like—this enveloping void.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
