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enveloping

[ UK /ɛnvˈɛləpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ɪnˈvɛɫəpɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
    the army's enveloping maneuver

How To Use enveloping In A Sentence

  • So avoiding the whiff of scandal enveloping me back home, let me introduce you to the rest of my competitors.
  • And it was not reported, it can be reported now that in the very beginning they had identified this very small area called the carbolic (ph) gap as their entranceway, basically, into Baghdad and into flanking and enveloping the Medina. CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2003
  • The only barrier was a mosquito net, enveloping the entire bed.
  • It was eventually identified as a non-malignant but all-enveloping meningioma. Times, Sunday Times
  • Altogether they create an enveloping abecedarium in Tandem Press's booth, one of 90 on hand at the Park Avenue Armory. NYT > Home Page
  • It is a kind of enveloping void that subsumes the senses into a kind of frozen present.
  • It was functional but soft, enveloping a visitor in instant comfort and security.
  • He saw, seating himself as directed in an enveloping black chair, what clear-sighted men sometimes see. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
  • There's ample activity in the surrounds, with thunderous bass creating a huge, enveloping soundfield.
  • The new mix is wonderfully enveloping with bullets ricocheting and voices echoing around in the cavernous locations when appropriate.
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