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Recent Examples of encrust
One particular outfit is the green drape which was encrusted in jewels.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The mussels can compromise water delivery systems by encrusting screens and filters, attaching to the walls of large pipelines, and clogging smaller pipes.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Additional accent stones are encrusted into each side of the band to create a majestic-looking piece that sparkles in the sunlight.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
The statement jewelry also supported a large coin pendant, which was encrusted in a plate of diamonds and emeralds.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 June 2023
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
The mussels can compromise water delivery systems by encrusting screens and filters, attaching to the walls of large pipelines, and clogging smaller pipes.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Additional accent stones are encrusted into each side of the band to create a majestic-looking piece that sparkles in the sunlight.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
The statement jewelry also supported a large coin pendant, which was encrusted in a plate of diamonds and emeralds.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encrust
Verb
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The response of the Zelensky Administration to smear anti-corruption probes as Russian propaganda is misguided and self-defeating, as many within Ukraine point out.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
24 July 2025
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My hands smeared in gore, eyes alight with frenzied ecstasy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
Verb
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My hair had grown; it would have been ragged, windswept, caked with sea grime.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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Officers tended to wave shiny new Packards through their checkpoints but halted sputtering early-model Fords pulling makeshift trailers and caked with half a continent’s dust.—
Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 July 2025
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“Encrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encrust. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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