as in wrapping
to surround or cover closely
cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could
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Recent Examples of cocooning
Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles.
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Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The first is with Tallulah, her best friend slash client who’s been slacking off on both fronts since cocooning into her new relationship with Tessa.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025
The first is with Tallulah, her best friend slash client who’s been slacking off on both fronts since cocooning into her new relationship with Tessa.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s just shy of a record 444 set in 2022 when people were cocooning in homes during the pandemic.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
On the other are technologists, military planners and captains of industry who are rapidly cocooning our planet in ever growing swarms of starlight-spoiling satellites.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocooning
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Attendees began lining up outside the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena hours before the event and as the start time ticked closer, the line snaked far down the sidewalk and began wrapping around the dome where the University of Idaho football team plays.—
Saige Miller,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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The trek will continue through the fall and into early 2027, wrapping with a four-night stand at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, February 11, 12, 15, and 16.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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Elkins stretched his hands behind them, enveloping his kids like a big hug.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Sunny skies and mild breezes are enveloping the Pharmalot campus once again.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
21 Apr. 2026
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Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Apr. 2026
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Around a pair of chairs or a bistro table, this layered approach creates the sense of a garden enclosing the seating, not simply decorating it.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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The plan would require enclosing an irrigation canal.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Apr. 2026
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The concrete cap of a tomb encasing radioactive fallout now has cracks, and what’s beneath can rise from the dead.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The crunchy encasing pairs perfectly with the melty cheese and various fillings inside, including cheese, tinga, potato and chorizo, and raja (strips of peppers and onions).—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Cocooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocooning. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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