- present participle of envelop.
enveloping
Example Sentences
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For the longest time, the residents of Val Verde could not find a lawyer willing to fight the landfill enveloping their neighborhood in clouds of stench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 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
AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 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
Then her mother lifted up the long, lovely scarf and gently folded it around and around, enveloping her daughter in tradition and love.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
