envelop
verb (used with object)
to wrap up in or as in a covering.
are enveloping
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present progressiveof envelop.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Formally trained in the gamelan, the clarinet, and the piano, she started playing around with a dual-track loop pedal a few years ago, and her vocal excursions are enveloping and enthralling.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2015
But the student of his life now begins to see that troubles are enveloping him.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope
To the east rise prodigious hills and mountains: they are Gibil Muza and his chain; and yon tall fellow is the peak of Tetuan; the grey mists of evening are enveloping their sides.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
