wrap
verb (used with object)
to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed byup ).
had wrapt
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past perfectof wrap.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Her ignorant mortal senses strained to pierce the impenetrable mystery that had wrapt Christian to an infinite remoteness.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
While this Bacchanalian scene proceeded, Julian had wrapt himself closely in his cloak, and stretched himself on the couch which they had shown him.
From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott
After battling for many tedious minutes with the precipice, the same scene presented itself to me, which had wrapt him in extatic wonder.
From The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
At the end of a few days, black despair had wrapt itself around every faculty of mind and body.
From In Darkest England and the Way Out by William Booth
He strove to move his left—alas! he found that the spirits had wrapt him tight as a babe in swaddling bands.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes
