How to Use envelope in a Sentence

envelope

noun
  • Over a dozen other envelopes in his files remain sealed.
    Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • No need to grab the perfect paper and envelope to start writing!
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Her daughter could be seen wearing sunglasses and a white dress, holding one end of the envelope.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • To push the colloquial gold envelope even further, Swift added a chain belt.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Conrad has the subjects place their vape pens in a sealed envelope until the trial finishes.
    Amanda Chicago Lewis, Wired, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Jean stuffed an envelope with paper towels, asked police officers to hurry over and waited.
    Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Other folks are pushing the envelope on what an office-appropriate outer layer can be.
    Jamie Waters, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Her third album, Britney, leaned a bit sexier, pushing the envelope in terms of her public image.
    Mekita Rivas, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2022
  • In its prime, the app inspired users to get more creative and make their videos more complex, pushing the envelope of what could capture our attention best within as little time and space as possible.
    NBC News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Listen to this article The first full week of 2025 is set to be freezing cold as an Arctic blast of cold air envelopes the state, officials said.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
  • That’s very good news for the future of hybrid events because everyone in the space will work harder to push the envelope, and in turn, deliver better and better hybrid experiences.
    Mike Schabel, Quartz, 4 Feb. 2022
  • For future elections, the office also said every polling location will receive a list of the seal numbers for absentee ballot envelopes, so they can be verified as ballots are counted.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Those selected for a scholarship, which the Donahues estimate is about one in three attendees, receive a crisp envelope, the white manila a sign of a promising future.
    Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2022
  • What did the stamp say to the envelope on Valentine’s Day?
    Fiona Tapp, Parents, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Placing an envelope in the mail just doesn’t have the same feel to it.
    Linda Gandee, cleveland, 12 June 2022
  • Michaels and Triple H chose to push the envelope with their personas on and off the screen.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • My mom would give me red envelopes with chocolate coins in them to give to my friends.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Feb. 2024
  • What to know What are the coupons that come in the Pegasus Pin envelope?
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Beckham picked the envelope with the money but split the prize with Page.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2024
  • New this season to the bag scene were tuck bags almost as thin as envelopes.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Then, Jobs picks up a brown string-tie envelope and pulls the Macbook Air out of it.
    Priya Kartik, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Tuck a coin into the envelope with this DIY scratch-off card for the big reveal.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Olivia Wilde wants to push the envelope with her latest film.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Cut scallops into the top of a 3x5-inch envelope to make a cloud.
    Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Dave put 75 cents in an envelope and mailed it to a post office box in New York City.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Some of those bribes, prosecutors say, came in the form of envelopes stuffed with cash.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
  • This black set comes with five pieces: two small cubes, a medium cube, a large cube, and an envelope pouch.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • After Julie Jensen's death, the Wojts gave the police the sealed envelope.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The pillows have an envelope closure for a seamless look when the bed is all made up.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2023
  • Planets can differ from the swirling envelopes of gas and dust from which they are born, astronomers have found.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024

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