enveloping

Example Sentences

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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

Their voices soared, cracked with grief, enveloping those gathered in a wave of pure emotion.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

It’s a decision that was partly spiritual: when the world feels unmoored, it seemed perhaps worth remembering that our predecessors relied on the seasons as enveloping promises of change.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025

Then I’m with Dad, his arm around me, the smell of fresh rain on the desert floor and rocks enveloping us.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera