shawled

verb

past tense of shawl
as in mantled

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  1. mantled
  2. wrapped
  3. enveloped
  4. enclosed
  5. swathed
  6. shrouded
  7. carpeted
  8. coated
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  • Farms with multiple species also provide habitat for colorful and charismatic wildlife such as the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and mantled howling monkey.
    — Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of mantled
Verb
  • On a late September afternoon, Mariposa Park Apartments in west Fort Worth was quiet, yet the blue tarp, failing roof and wire fence wrapped around the complex about the aftermath of a fire that tore it apart a month ago.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Cambria Wells, the center’s education and outreach manager, recalls a hummingbird that was similarly wrapped in webbing and didn’t make it.
    — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrapped
Verb
  • Take Sophie Rowell, founder of Côte de Folk, who, in one project, recently enveloped walls and floors in a deep olive green, adding a sense of tactility by forgoing hard flooring and rugs in favor of wall-to-wall carpet.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Umanmielen kept pushing Sewell backward and then, finally, enveloped Goff in his arms for his third sack of the season.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of enveloped
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  • The self-rinsing jet remains enclosed when not in use, so there’s less worry about the spread of bacteria.
    — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The back frizz is more confined, enclosed in the semi-neat bun.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of enclosed
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  • This natural history is reflected in the city's grand cloak of Art Deco, neoclassical, and Romanesque architecture, the buildings' façades swathed in stone and iron detailing and girded by skeletons of steel.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Jane Marsching, swathed in a deep-blue apron printed with white leaves, hums beneath a linden tree.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of swathed
Verb
  • Because their earliest years are spent shrouded in clouds of dust, these nascent stars can be hard to spot.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The stables, or caballeriza, meanwhile, are a more modern, minimalist affair than the main house, with a handful of private gardens shrouded behind fresh, fledgling hedgerows and gray subway-style bathroom tiles.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of shrouded
Verb
  • Wildflowers carpeted parts of Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, where powerful arrays of radio antennas meticulously study objects in the southern sky.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Foliage-seekers can alight in the town of Winona, Minnesota, located on an island in the Mississippi—where visitors hike, kayak, or fish amid craggy river bluffs carpeted with ever-changing treetops.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of carpeted
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  • Researchers then installed the electrodes and coated the structure with sputtered gold.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Increase heat to medium-high; cook, adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed, until pasta is al dente and coated in sauce, 2–3 minutes.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of coated
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“Shawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shawled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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