envelopes

Example Sentences

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Then, he noticed envelopes being slipped under some of the bars and asked for one.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

Then it envelopes it with two bands—one above and another below the average.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Hastings set up Netflix in 1997 with Marc Randolph, offering DVD film rentals to customers by post, arriving in characteristic red envelopes.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Far from luxuriating in a serene and pristine writing environment, Ms. Lewin reveals, Woolf worked amid “old nibs, bits of string, used matches, rusty paper-clips, crumpled envelopes, broken cigarette-holders, etc.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

He went to his mailbox only about every three weeks so there was quite a stack waiting for him; he stood by the trash can, going through it indifferently, throwing half the envelopes away unopened.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt