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as in bandaged
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in enveloped
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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Recent Examples of wrapped
After Downton wrapped in 2015, Dockery starred as a con artist recently out of prison in the drama series Good Behavior, and in Netflix’s western miniseries Godless in 2019.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Williams sat on the back of the bike, with one arm wrapped around Tatum's shoulder and the other holding the camera to make a selfie clip of the outdoor moment.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2021, firefighters wrapped trees with fireproof aluminum blankets in the famous Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to five of Earth’s 10 largest trees, including the biggest of them all, the General Sherman Tree.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The custom earpads are made with memory foam wrapped in silk protein leather for a snug and fatigue-free fit.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Jen Tran was the last lead, and her season wrapped in the early fall of 2024.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
When that Fox series wrapped after three seasons, Mann was a writer-producer on Showtime’s Total Recall 2070, which aired a single season in 1999.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Suit linings are slashed in reference to kimono sleeves, while some jackets are wrapped like karate uniforms.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Williams sat on the back of the bike, with one arm wrapped around Tatum's shoulder and the other holding the camera to make a selfie clip of the outdoor moment.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2021, firefighters wrapped trees with fireproof aluminum blankets in the famous Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park, home to five of Earth’s 10 largest trees, including the biggest of them all, the General Sherman Tree.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The custom earpads are made with memory foam wrapped in silk protein leather for a snug and fatigue-free fit.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Jen Tran was the last lead, and her season wrapped in the early fall of 2024.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
When that Fox series wrapped after three seasons, Mann was a writer-producer on Showtime’s Total Recall 2070, which aired a single season in 1999.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Suit linings are slashed in reference to kimono sleeves, while some jackets are wrapped like karate uniforms.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped
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Gradually, the darkness surrounding them gave way to buildings and overhead lights, until the red of dawn enveloped the coast alongside them.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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The repetitions of Emery answers and responding with Bizot every time, Martinez’s deputy, were signs of his annoyance and symptomatic of how the uncertainty that had enveloped Villa’s summer was now permeating onto the pitch.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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This one, though, is shrouded by scandal.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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But even that only score was shrouded in a bit of head-scratching.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Dodge Charger circled the area, then crashed into a pole in the 2100 block of West Stark Street.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And to Michigan, an opponent circled — though quietly this time — on the Nebraska schedule for months.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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This enclosed back segment of the property could work for raising chickens and other small farm animals —away from the main house.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The state agency tried to rescind that permission in 2021, stating that the screen house was not enclosed and locked, with no floors, walls, or roof, was susceptible to infiltration by insects and animals, and was being used for high THC plants.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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These scaffolds are erected on skyscrapers, hundreds of feet high, and encased in fabric safety nets forming colorful cocoons of green, blue and purple.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Shops sell his memorabilia — the boy's face encased in a corona of holy light is on mugs, keychains, rosaries.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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The organization banded with the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors to create Sunshine Sunday each March to promote the right to know.—
David Cuillier,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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Since that campaign, California conservationists and scientists banded with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation to push for its permanent protection.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell Brown, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have all been draped in the saltire as individual Olympic champions, in addition to two men’s and two women’s titles in the 4x100m relays.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Keleigh, 32, wore a dreamy light pink Monique Lhuillier gown with a low-plunging back that draped to the floor and pooled around her feet.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Palestinian health authorities said further Israeli airstrikes and shelling across the Gaza Strip had killed at least 100 people on Tuesday, 35 of them in Gaza City in the enclave's north as Israeli forces girded for the offensive.—
Emily Rose,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Wrapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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