How to Use encompass in a Sentence

encompass

verb

• The district encompasses most of the downtown area.
• The mom of two donned a look that encompassed all of the above.
  — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 12 Aug. 2019
• Questions that encompass both the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of S&M.
  — Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• The story at the heart of Take Care of Maya encompasses both.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
• Boundaries of the new city would encompass much of South Forsyth.
  — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 20 Feb. 2018
• Dame!—the spots that encompass the soul of the city that so many of us seek are harder to find.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2022
• This song for me encompasses all the songs that amp me up.
  — USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
• That means the pain has widened beyond tech and high-growth stocks to encompass more of Wall Street.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 May 2022
• The district, which would have encompassed much of the charming and quaint downtown, failed on a 2-2 vote.
  — John Sharp, AL.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• The agreement will encompass six new series over the next two years.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021
• To put it in perspective, the fire encompassed an area of canyons and ridges about half the size of the Seattle city limits.
  — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 June 2019
• But that doesn't fully encompass what the series—and book—is about.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023
• Many things in the show, which will encompass around 4,000 square feet of the gallery, have never before been seen by the public.
  — Degen Pener, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2022
• Moc-toe boots encompass a wide range of footwear that share this one feature.
  — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
• And the 28-foot ceiling reached up to encompass her cameramen, booms, and lights.
  — Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, House Beautiful, 9 Apr. 2021
• In fact, the changes go beyond questions of medium to encompass even the tone of movies at the festival.
  — Steven Zeitchik, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2017
• While the all-encompassing dust might blot out the sun, that swirling dust also absorbs heat.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2018
• These animals need a lot of space—their home range can encompass up to 600 square miles.
  — Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
• With the new positioning of the Yoga brand, its bend-and-flex name doesn't just encompass two-in-ones.
  — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2018
• Contrary to your first impressions, the 50-plus recipes in this book encompass a wide range of ways to zhuzh up your birds.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Now more than 2,800 acres of land that encompassed the settlement, known as Kikacéki, will be returned to the tribe.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• Just two simple words that somehow encompass an idea so big, most of us have no idea how to wrap our heads around it.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2021
• That’s an all-encompassing statement, one that throws a wide net.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 10 Feb. 2018
• Yet these do not encompass the most depressing finding of the study.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2018
• The reach of the event is no longer to be restricted to Asia, but will now encompass content creation industries from the whole world.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Aug. 2023
• Spanx has been around for more than two decades, and in that time, branched out to encompass an array of apparel and shapewear for both women and men.
  — Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
• In practice, bus rapid transit has come to encompass a range of services.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
• What does the book encompass that doesn’t appear in this narrative?
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Lastly, Mishra pointed out that the report only encompassed one month of data.
  — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
• The property encompasses a generous 5,673 square feet of land.
  — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024