Wrapped

Examples

• In the latter certain parts of the gun were wrapped with wire in the form of a ribbon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She made no reply--she seemed to be too much wrapped up in her own thoughts to attend to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Beth was too shy to enjoy society, and Jo too wrapped up in her to care for anyone else. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• That's the man, wrapped in the cloak. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She reached for a bit of paper which had wrapped a small piece of chocolate she had found in her pocket, and began making a boat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After he had left them they went silently below, each wrapped in gloomy forebodings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mr. Bucket wrapped me up, and immediately we were in the street. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There in the corner wrapped in the blanket, Primitivo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The one, in a parcel, wrapped up in fine paper and sealed with the Devonshire arMs. A parcel, madam! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• On his flinging open the door the rays of the candle fell upon a woman closely wrapped up, who at once came forward. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There is a bed in the wholesome loft-room by the stable; we had better keep him there till morning, when he can be wrapped up and removed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs. Hale lay back in an easy chair, with a soft white shawl wrapped around her, and a becoming cap put on, in expectation of the doctor's visit. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The mistress, with an expression of impatience, wrapped herself in her shawl, and sat at the foot of the bed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Probably they were wrapped about the children, and used to lie upon when the ground was damp and cold. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• What is termed development is the gradual making explicit and outward of what is thus wrapped up. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• In the midst of silence, with no preluding sound, he is wrapped in sudden light. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He took her mantle from the wall, and tenderly wrapped it round her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In the latter case, pipes closely wrapped with a non-conducting material carry steam long distances underground to heat remote buildings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The footman, who had a still bigger white favour on his lapel, wrapped May's white cloak about her, and Archer jumped into the brougham at her side. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The complete, wrapped packages of five slabs slide along a little runway into boxes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Each slab is here automatically wrapped in wax and silver-foil papers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She wrapped her, hasty, in her clothes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But of course you don't, wrapped up like this. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Eustacia wrapped it in her handkerchief. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The Jew's hand trembled for joy as he wrapped up the first seventy pieces of gold. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Are you well wrapped up, Miss Summerson? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As Bella could not run easily so wrapped up, the Secretary had to help her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Editor: Stu