hermetically
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hermetically
Example Sentences
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Hermetically sealed in a Mulholland mansion with a herd of capybara and king cobras?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
Hermetically sealed within John’s own recollections, “Rocketman” takes place in a world devoid of musical and pop-cultural context.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
Hermetically sealed in his laboratory, self-exiled from human contacts, he labored hard.
From A Scientist Rises by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
Hermetically sealing itself from any intrusion from below, it deteriorated by close and constant intermarriage; and it was already, both morally and intellectually, below the level of the rest of the nation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
To frame new cells and tombs; then breed and die, As all their ancestors had done,—and rest, Hermetically sealed, each in its shrine, A statue in this temple of oblivion!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 279, October 20, 1827 by Various
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