Example Sentences

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Showers, clouds and mild temperatures will envelop the Puget Sound region for the final days of 2023.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

The unusual heat will envelop much of the state and will be accompanied by almost no precipitation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

Poles born in the post-communist era appear less likely to fear that the conflict will envelop their country.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2022

"People all over the country are now praying for April's safe return and I hope these prays will envelop her and her family," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2012

When the Sun, ruddy and bloated, becomes a red giant, it will envelop and devour the planets Mercury and Venus—and probably the Earth as well.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan