enwrapped

verb

past tense of enwrap
1
as in immersed
to hold the attention of enwrapped in my own reverie, I failed to notice the coworker standing outside my cubicle

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2
as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely an air of serene self-satisfaction enwraps the leafy, well-to-do suburb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enwrapped
  1. immersed
  2. wrapped
  3. interested
  4. enveloped
  5. occupied
  6. shrouded
  7. intrigued
  8. enclosed
Verb
  • Hoffman likes being able to walk out his front door and immediately be immersed in the vibrancy of city life.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Marie and Katas immersed themselves in the community for years, eventually gaining unprecedented access to Bateman and his followers and capturing footage that helped authorities build a case against him.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of immersed
Verb
  • Thin straps also wrapped around the musician’s ankles, secured in place with adjustable buckle closures that kept the shoes secure.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Nine days later, Zywicki’s body was found hundreds of miles away along Interstate 44 in rural Lawrence County, Missouri, wrapped in a red blanket that was sealed with duct tape.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrapped
Verb
  • But what really interested us with this movie was trying to understand the humanity and searching for and exploring the love and the loyalty to characters to have a dialogue with an audience and not do it for the sake of ego or shock.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Camerlenghi says Gradara Castle has interested him since his childhood.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Definition of interested
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  • The cooking creates so much smoke that the 24-year-old restaurant is enveloped in it.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Her black frames were huge, curved, and almost completely enveloped around her eyes, to look distinctly bug-like.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of enveloped
Verb
  • The Israeli military seized a 400 square kilometer buffer zone inside Syria after the 2024 collapse of the Assad regime and has occupied it since.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more.
    — Maria Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of occupied
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  • Tendrils of jasmine dangle from balconies; Romanesque statues rise from winding pathways shrouded in vines.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The Center promised to quickly repair the facade and remove the unsightly sidewalk shed that has shrouded the building the last 25 years.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrouded
Verb
  • Philipps didn't have symptoms of any kind, but the Prenuvo full-body scan had intrigued her.
    — David Oliver, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Brainy and inquisitive, she’s intrigued enough by his demented search to offer to help.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of intrigued
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  • With funding from the Dia Art Foundation, Judd purchased them in 1979 and began his own restoration, replacing the garage doors that enclosed the buildings’ two long sides with a series of continuous windows.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Archimedes’ screw Traditionally associated with Archimedes and dated to around the third century BCE, this machine moves water through a rotating helical surface enclosed inside a cylinder.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026
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“Enwrapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enwrapped. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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