encased; encasing; encases
: to enclose in or as if in a case
Examples of encase in a Sentence
Ice encased the trees and power lines after the storm.
fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls
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According to Lorenzen, Moon Bound will be encased with other objects in a resin pyramid attached to a lunar rover that will travel the moon's surface.
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Each composition is built from the background to the foreground to create the illusion of a three-dimensional figure or scene encased within the glass block.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Fingerprints, dust, and scratches torpedoed early designs that envisioned users removing the discs from sleeves as casually as record albums; instead, the final version kept the discs encased in a plastic shell that was then inserted into the player.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Each composition is built from the background to the foreground to create the illusion of a three-dimensional figure or scene encased within the glass block.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Fingerprints, dust, and scratches torpedoed early designs that envisioned users removing the discs from sleeves as casually as record albums; instead, the final version kept the discs encased in a plastic shell that was then inserted into the player.
—Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
The silky gel gets along with every curl type (our testers ranged from 2A to 3C), encasing spirals of all patterns in a pliable cast that helps keep them buoyant.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for encase
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“Encase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encase. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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