cocoon

Example Sentences

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“You’re splitting out of your clothes like a butterfly from its cocoon! But don’t worry, as soon as we harvest the corn, your new uniform will be top priority!”

From Literature

The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m lying on a heated massage bed, cocooned in a soft, weighted blanket, as Kayla Faraji caresses my cheeks with billowy, pink goose feathers.

From Los Angeles Times

I think about the dense woods cocooning the property, with the meandering, secret paths we made ourselves with wheelbarrows full of mulch.

From Literature

I expected Aunt Kitty to still be snuggled under her covers tight like a caterpillar in a cocoon, but she was not.

From Literature