How to Use enclose in a Sentence

enclose

verb
  • Enclose the fish in foil and bake.
  • She enclosed a photo with the card.
  • The pie's flaky crust encloses a fruit filling.
  • Enclosed with this letter are the tickets you ordered.
  • Please enclose a check with your application.
  • Fold the dough up and around, pinching the dough tightly to enclose the cheese.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Bring up sides of foil around beets; fold ends to enclose.
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In the half acre of gardens Moat Brae enclosed, Barrie and the ...
    Haley Strack, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Those steel rims are wrapped into the edge of the aluminum and crimped to enclose.
    New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
  • These levels are enclosed but have full views of the port.
    Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Riders are enclosed in cars that look like speed boats and speed around the track.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The mowers are set up in pens that enclose an area that will be mowed.
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  • Padel is played on a court about a third the size of a tennis court and is enclosed by glass and mesh walls.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • To be fair, there are spots where the Aka-Mile is just a flight of fire stairs enclosed in cinderblock.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Wrap the shrimp paste in a double layer of foil and enclose the packet.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Pull the dough up and around the filling, pinching the dough firmly to enclose the filling.
    Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Start with the furnishings, but if all else fails, enclose the kitchen.
    Washington Post, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The driver sits in an open cockpit on the left next to a seat that’s enclosed in a bubble of glass on the right.
    Sean O'Kane, The Verge, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Use the last cake layer (which shouldn’t have a hole in it) to enclose your cake, then spread the last of the frosting on the top and sides of the cake.
    Ana Calderone, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2019
  • The Bronco Sports all have four-doors and can enclose a pair of mountain bikes.
    Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The first option would be to enclose the stadium with a dome.
    Gregory Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2022
  • Fill the cavity of each cake with ganache, leaving about a ¼-inch headspace, and use some of the cake cutout to enclose the ganache.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Want to camp under the stars, enclosed by mountains, with the sounds of the Rio Grande River putting you to sleep?
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • The original porte-cochere was enclosed and a stone floor was laid.
    Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The city also plans to clean the downstream ditch along the Sportsplex and enclose a portion of it.
    Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Brush a little egg on the outer edges, then fold the dough over to enclose the filling and form a half moon.
    Gretchen McKay, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Thompson brushes the face, seen close up and enclosed by white, in patchy stabs of red.
    Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
  • On the main deck, the full-beam master has two large terraces (one enclosed, one open).
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
  • The amendment requires that plants are locked and enclosed.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Shadows of the kids stretched behind the caged fence enclosing the school and one even attempts to climb the fence, creating a moment that seems straight out of The Walking Dead.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

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