Synonyms for encompassing

Grammar : Adj

Spell : en-kuhm-puh s

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkʌm pəs

Définition of encompassing

Origin : 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + compass. Related: Encompassed; encompasses; encompassing.

adj including

Example sentences :

She was always there, encompassing him with her breath, reminding him that he was hers.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Her emotions began to take control when faced with his encompassing desire.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

All the hopes and desires of the autumn smote him with encompassing blows.
Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson

Its encompassing obsession is freedom, or at least the appearance of freedom.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

The race that built the factories and developed the encompassing farms.
Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young

He and his passion were there, encompassing, yet not pursuing her.
Extract from : « The Third Window » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

I knew that you had to free yourself in your own way from the memories which were encompassing you.
Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden

Yet was this love as deep and encompassing as her impulse towards the other man?
Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson

And then he said, holding out his arms as if encompassing something which he could not see.
Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood

His kinship with encompassing nature was so close that it touched him on every side.
Extract from : « The Secret Life » by Elizabeth Bisland

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