enveloping

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The new wing was designed by Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas with Cooper Robertson, and has the geometric look of angular mesh enveloping an open stair case, elevator shafts and display spaces.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

The sets by David Korins are minimal, making the images of the Statue of Liberty all the more powerful, while the enveloping allure of the score continually draws us into the show’s swirling currents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

The smell was almost exactly the same — sweet, sharp, buttery — only bigger, more enveloping, as if her tray of sliders had expanded into an entire planet of dough.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Now I knew perfectly well that the diamond was in my evening bag and that when Marco knocked me down my evening bag had soared, like a night bird, into the enveloping darkness.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath