wreathing
- present participle of wreathe.
Example Sentences
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Working with the cinematographer Ruben Impens, they give you a sense of tangible place as they plot the area’s profound geometry, roam across its shimmering glacial snow and catch the backlit mist wreathing the mountains.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Some people nearby seemed unconcerned, going about their business with barely a glance at the smoke wreathing the mine’s tower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
The peculiar iron rain happens because one side of the planet perpetually faces its parent star, wreathing one side of the planet in eternal daylight.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2020
It is just one of three fires wreathing parts of the Golden State in smoke.
From Economist ● Aug. 18, 2016
Grinning skeletons in Greek armor crowded around me, draping me with silk robes, wreathing my head with laurels that smoked with Chimera poison, burning into my scalp.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
