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cocooning

[ UK /kəkˈuːnɪŋ/ ]
[ US /kəˈkunɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape)

How To Use cocooning In A Sentence

  • The crucial ingredient, the key to successful cocooning, is a cosseted feeling underfoot. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's like staying with a stylish, doting aunt; cocooning rather than pulsating with life. Times, Sunday Times
  • Trendwatchers say people are cocooning and spending more time at home, perhaps because of current events.
  • The runway was brimming with cocooning camel mohair sweaters, balmacaan and chesterfield coats and anuraks rejiggered with just enough newness to keep them fresh. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • And so, what's important is a principle called cocooning, and the idea there is that the parents, the other siblings that are in close contact around this child should also get immunized to help protect that child against exposure to this virus. CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2009
  • It is a way of hiding, it's a way of pulling things around you and cocooning and getting away from it all for a while.
  • The idea of cutting back the materialism and spending time with friends or family - known as "cocooning" - becomes more attractive in times of trouble, she said. Aspen Times - Top Stories
  • But this cocooning trend will not be associated with inactivity. Times, Sunday Times
  • Instead of spending money on things they don't necessarily need, like travel, they're placing more emphasis on the home, on cocooning, which is why our business is up. TWICE - Digital Imaging News
  • Soon enough, we will all be cocooning again around the fireplace, so now is the time to change the pace.
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