encasing
- present participle of encase.
Example Sentences
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Bulletproof glass encasing the portico for his annual appearance with the Easter Bunny?
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
He stood on the concrete channel encasing the San Gabriel River, shortly before donning waders to help send Porkchop off.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
This mammoth died nearby, but his carcass slumped into an ancient stream bed and was covered by sediment and eventually topped by the pits’ oozing asphalt, encasing and preserving his bones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
As the bones were carefully freed from the encasing rock, experts were surprised to find scraps of the dinosaur’s last meal.
From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023
He made careful preparations, wrapping himself in several coats and mufflers and encasing his neat boots in goloshes.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
