envelop
Example Sentences
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A few hundred yards back, Sue had run to Bruce as the cloud enveloped them.
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Christopher didn’t stop to let himself think; if he stopped to think, the madness and impossibility of it would envelop him.
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Only when the warmth of the store envelops me do I realize how cold it is outside.
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Just as he said it, the fogger came on and Cornelius was enveloped in mist, some of which seeped out of the mesh at the top of the tank.
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In another video, published by the Australian Broadcasting Corp., trees and dirt appear to have enveloped part of the hot pools.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.