Example Sentences
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Cocooned against soil, nuclear bodies hunker and wait for some future hungerscape.
From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022
Cocooned in his country house, Shteyngart — who suffers from asthma and was at risk of severe illness — felt both relief and guilt about being far from New York City.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2021
Cocooned, you’ll taste your own recycled breath and hear your own heartbeat; you’ll sweat along every slope and crevice of your body.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2020
Cocooned in wealth, he gazes out at the world like a feudal lord who understands his vassals better than they understand themselves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2019
Cocooned in the flow of people, Fadi and his family were bundled into the house.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
