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as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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as in bandaged
to cover with a bandage
tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds
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Recent Examples of swathed
The smell of iconic island dishes like loco moco – a hamburger patty atop a pile of rice swathed in gravy – wafts through the air.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Even her announcement for the birth of her first daughter, Rocki Irish Mayers, saw Rih and Rocki swathed in bright pink bows.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
In the center of the room, swathed in shadow, is the faint spectral outline of a small boy.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Dense fog swathed California's Central Valley on Friday, putting more than 1 million residents under a dense fog advisory from the National Weather Service (NWS).
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
In this way, the dress only looks like it’s swathed in chainmail, but, by swapping metals for gems, is actually made all the more chic.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
In the bedrooms, mosquito nets swathed four-poster beds.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
That’s why architect Catherine Sloan chose wood lap siding (swathed in Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee, OC-45), a cedar-shingle roof, and wood windows.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Another picture of the model lounging recalls a memorable photo of the designer sprawled across her bed, which features a curved sunburst pattern, in a room swathed in florals, lace, and a leopard print rug.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathed
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But in the second season of the series, which wrapped last Sunday, a new sense of uncertainty, reflection, and maturity grips the central characters, making for even better television.—
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Our weeklong tester was wrapped in Velvet Red Pearl paint, deep and rich in style.—
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Reporters inside the courtroom noticed that Flores' temple and eyelid were bandaged.—
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During her own allocution moments later, Maduro’s wife, Cilia Flores, likewise struck a note of defiance and introduced herself as the First Lady of Venezuela, her face appearing bruised and bandaged.—
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But a new study has cast doubt on the idea that the intriguing world shrouded in ice could indeed harbor extraterrestrial life deep in its vast ocean of liquid saltwater.—
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The star, Fomalhaut, stands out as one of the brightest in the night sky and is known to be shrouded in bands of dust and debris.—
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In a state bounded on three sides by seawater, where water courses through underground aquifers and some 50 inches of rain falls annually, a series of historic efforts to drain the Everglades have made modern Florida possible.—
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More than 60% of those arrests — nearly 1,200 — occurred in the Harrison District, roughly bounded by Division Street, Roosevelt Road, Western and Cicero avenues.—
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This means that heavy elements like rock and metal are dissolved and encased in a thick mantle of metallic hydrogen enveloped in a massive atmospheric cloak of multi-colored clouds of ammonium hydrosulphide.—
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While Walz is not implicated in the fraud issues, the reality that the schemes have become an urgent problem under his watch has enveloped talk of the Minnesotan governor's future political ambitions.—
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Noem said the officer involved was struck by the vehicle and transported to a hospital, where he was treated and later released.—
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All three workers were taken to Wheeling Hospital to be treated for their injuries.—
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Compost bins should be enclosed.—
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Surveillance video shows two masked men entering through an interior hallway of the storage facility before exiting into an outdoor area enclosed by a metal fence.—
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The singer arrived at the daytime talk show dressed in a flattering ensemble paired with one of her go-to Christian Louboutin high heels.—
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In October 2025, Nichole brought their boys to a game and dressed them in their dad's jersey.—
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“Swathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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