envelop
verb (used with object)
to wrap up in or as in a covering.
were enveloping
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past progressiveof envelop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And then everything cycled forward, in the time it took to blink, and Kane was sliding on his knees and his teammates were enveloping him and Wembley was melting above him and around him.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
Four years ago Mr. Power started releasing deep, beatless soundscapes on his own; both Blanck Mass’s first record and his performances at the time were enveloping, somewhat abstract listening experiences.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2015
At that time, she added, those concerns were "primarily and particularly the protests that were enveloping and threatening many diplomatic facilities, American diplomatic facilities around the world, and Iran's nuclear program".
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2012
While this was going on in front, the Second and Third Brigades of Meade were enveloping Gregg's brigade of South Carolinians, which had been hurried up to retrieve the disaster to the line.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
She felt this and wanted to escape so as not to be remarked by the other women, who were enveloping themselves in costly furs.
From Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories by Julian Hawthorne
