How to Use envelop in a Sentence

envelop

verb

• The group cut the weeds that enveloped the marker, swept off the dirt and scoured the stone with D/2 cleaner.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
• Warm woods envelop the 3,750 square feet of rooms, while glass walls take in views of the ocean.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2020
• Despite his small stature, a space opens up, and he is enveloped by the crowd.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2023
• The sun was still below the hill, our barn and garden enveloped in a steamy haze.
  — Christine Kalafus, Longreads, 28 Dec. 2019
• Huge clouds of smoke rose after each strike, enveloping her home and the rest of the town.
  — Finbarr O’Reilly Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 13 June 2024
• As the winter chill envelops them, Niveen and her 18-year-old son sew and patch their tent.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
• The salmon is baked and flaked, enveloped in a creamy citrus miso dressing.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• The rhythm of the day slows and the expansive loggia is enveloped in a tranquil hush.
  — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
• And the soundtrack is an aural movie, a time capsule of sound that envelops you and floats you above the ground.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 May 2023
• Plus, from the ’90s, came a striking over-the-knee boot in suede, enveloping the leg like a second skin.
  — Stephen Garner, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
• On the trail that skirts the marsh grass, a dense cloud of bloodlust envelops the visitor.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
• When the girl, Una (Elin Hall), hears the news, she is enveloped by a gutting despair.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
• Mauve covers the walls, door, and trim to envelop the entire space in warmth.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2021
• Inside, everyone is still, and the voice of Lorde envelops the crowd.
  — Eva Recinos, latimes.com, 28 June 2019
• Use the Power of Scent Set the mood by enveloping your home in an inviting scent.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
• Across the pond, the parkway envelops Rome and much of Northern Ireland.
  — Jessica Hamilton Young, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2020
• Bring your kayak or rent a boat and head out on the water to feel like you're enveloped in fall colors.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
• With each corner of the cover in your hands, raise and slip the cover down to envelop the rest of the insert.
  — Ambar Pardilla, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2021
• That changed this month as worries about stress in the banking system enveloped stocks around the world.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2023
• By the end of the play, Thompson was enveloped in a mass of humanity.
  — Brian Murphy, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• Tight-jawed and drawn, he is enveloped by a thicket of reporters.
  — Rob Hodgetts At Longchamp, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
• Naya had a laugh that would envelop you and hold you captive.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• In the church, even some of those who doubt there is widespread abuse of nuns say the silence can be enveloping.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 1 Jan. 2019
• Until then residents of the Big Apple can attend and be enveloped in the sounds of the genre.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• The class took a photo that featured Jerel Jr. at the center, enveloped in a sea of red.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
• All of the flamingo tongue snail’s color comes from the soft parts of its body, which envelop its shell.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2022
• The itch that only the feeling of enveloping yourself in a new sport can scratch.
  — SI.com, 1 July 2019
• New York City was enveloped in eerie orange smoke, harming the health of people all along the East coast.
  — Debbi Compton, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• By Friday, the area will again be enveloped in cloud cover, with the chance of night and morning drizzle.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• On a cold January day, the sun sets early and rises late, yielding to a blackness that envelopes the island, a blackness so deep that the light of stars manifests suddenly at dusk and the glow of the moon is bright enough to navigate by.
  — Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Mar 2025