White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off the Island of the Emperor Chin disappear on the ocean. From LearnThat.org. [Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976).]
Verb (used with object) : The long cloak she was wearing enveloped her completely. From Dictionary.com.
"I have here a note," Mr. Bronson said after another pause, in which he picked up an envelop from the table and drew forth a written sheet. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter VII] Reference
The "envelop" was probably similar to the wooden ones found by Stein in the Tarim basin; cf. Serindia, vol. IV, pl. xxi. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Former Han Dynasty] Reference
The next day he would envelop the little force in great numbers. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
YDSTIE: So it's sort of trying to push the envelop a little bit. From Wordnik.com. [The Ballads of Richard Thompson] Reference
I reach through to touch his hand, to envelop her hand in our two. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming Pool] Reference
Love will envelop and undergird and pervade and exude from all service. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
I thought that once my baby arrived a feeling of permanence would envelop us. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Postpartum Depression] Reference
The dictionary defines "involvement" as "to envelop or enfold — take over.". From Wordnik.com. [Why paying parents to attend school events is wrong] Reference
The purpose was to envelop us and cut the British lines of communication to the sea. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
And there were - there was an envelop from the University of Michigan, and it was thin. From Wordnik.com. [Affirmative Action: How Far Have We Come?] Reference
There, no sooner does the door shut you in than friendliness and good humor envelop you. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
The cold, foggy clouds are hiding the summits and will soon envelop the spot where we stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
He sits below a set of steer horns that, from my angle, perfectly envelop his narrow head. From Wordnik.com. [One Last Thing Before You Go] Reference
Some larger single-cell creatures can surround or envelop and then "swallow" tiny food particles. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Rather than run me down, however, she came flying close enough to drop a manila envelop at my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Inner City] Reference
He had reached the eagles 'eyrie just as the mist began to envelop him and cut off his direct retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
That likely they'd be made luminous: would envelop in clouds, perhaps, or would have their own clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Their straps were so made that they could envelop the traveller and allow him to be pulled comfortably up. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
She worked without interest and without relaxation; a depressing gloom seemed to envelop her like a shroud. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
My body is robbed of strength as I watch your mouth envelop the fruit and gently graze my lips with your own. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Passion] Reference
It could overwhelm the party; more likely, the Democrats will transform themselves and envelop the extremists. From Wordnik.com. [Will Perot Wax The Democrats?] Reference
The Yamaha YHT-391, for example, bundles a receiver with five speakers and a subwoofer to envelop you in audio bliss. From Wordnik.com. [Last-minute electronics gifts under $300, Part 2] Reference
A sheet just large enough to envelop the body is then wrung out of cold water and spread out over the woolen blankets. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
The power seemed to grow stronger and stronger as she spoke, until with her word it seemed to break free and envelop us. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
The army then proceeded to envelop Petersburg towards the South Side Railroad as far as possible without attacking fortifications. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Burnside was ordered if he should succeed in breaking the enemy's centre, to swing around to the left and envelop the right of Lee's army. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Would reach into the outer fringes of the Earth's atmosphere where the cosmic rays would envelop it, would react upon the animals inside it. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster] Reference
The hot mud seems to be thrown into violent turmoil, emitting thick clouds of steam, which soon entirely envelop the spectator near the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
At all events, it would not stop the volumes of fog that descend from the hill-tops at sun-set, and completely envelop the valleys and the houses. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
But a few days from that she woke again in the night with a feeling of distress, and saw him leaning over her as if he would envelop her in his arms. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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