How to Use cocoon in a Sentence

cocoon

1 of 2 noun
  • The child was wrapped in a cocoon of blankets.
  • The movie star was surrounded by a protective cocoon of bodyguards.
  • Front seats are cocoon-style and too snug.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • Instead the cocoon turned gold like straw and stayed that way.
    — Jackie Polzin, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
  • The spacious but cocoon-like rooms are bathed in wood tones.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In the spring, break out of the cocoon as life returns in earnest.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Most of these are young stars still snuggled up in their dusty cocoons.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
  • That’s what makes this airy cocoon cardigan so easy to wear, pack, and store.
    — Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • What happens inside that cocoon is not for the faint of heart.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • We were cocooned, the three of us, and the cocoon was quiet and warm.
    — Katie Gutierrez, Time, 5 Nov. 2021
  • This is your cocoon, your retreat and your place to transform.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • By the end of your meal, your soup has shed its cocoon to reveal its full colors.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • From the back, the light blue layer wrapped high around her shoulders in a cocoon-like mass.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 May 2026
  • The image of a cocoon came to mind, an outer shell falling away.
    — Ashley Brooks, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But unlike something shielded in a cocoon, my soft body is out in the world.
    — Sabrina Imbler, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Sitting in the hushed cocoon of the library gave shape and structure to her days.
    — Lynell George, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The suites are a cocoon with enormous bathrooms and more space than usual.
    — Linda Laban, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
  • When the weather and time are right, the bees will emerge from the cocoons and go to work in your garden.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 24 June 2023
  • So you could be just holed up in a sort of cocoon of the studio for a really long time.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • What’s the story behind this alien cocoon?
    — Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Maayan Kitron hands me a weird-looking yellow fruit wrapped in a cocoon.
    — Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2022
  • Curl up in its cocoon-like shape, which is roomy enough to fit multiple people.
    — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
  • Sandy, and her innermost desires, had come out of their cocoon–and with a bang.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The finished look is a perfect cocoon of color.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The cocoon implies that there’s so much more to come —that there will be an emergence after this stage.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
  • They’re made from virgin wool that engulfs you in a cocoon that’s super warm but lets your skin breathe.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Herndon said its as if these voters are in a media cocoon that is getting tighter by the day.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Nancy gets to pull little sis Holly out of her gross cocoon.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Stevie didn’t just want the band to go back into a cocoon again, a web of nothingness.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Parrotfish wrap a cocoon of mucus around themselves and sleep in the coral.
    — Michael Heithaus, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2022

cocoon

2 of 2 verb
  • Americans are spending more time cocooning at home in recent years.
  • Lai doesn’t want her patients to be cocooned in their own world.
    — Rong Xiaoqing, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The balloons peeled back, but the slime maintained its shape as if it were still cocooned by the balloon.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 May 2020
  • The mesh also is very comfortable to sit in and cocoons your body like a strong hammock.
    — Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2023
  • One woman simply cocooned herself in bed for a week, blaming the flu.
    — Daniela Blei, The Cut, 23 Apr. 2018
  • One pull can shift a room from bright and social to calm and cocooned, helping the space follow the day rather than fight it.
    — Maria Williams, Ascend Agency, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Some people were still wrapped up in scarves, coats, gloves, keeping themselves cocooned in fabric.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The idea that sports are a space somehow cocooned from politics has always been something of a myth.
    — Alex Altman, Time, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Also, this pad has shorter side walls than other pads on our list, so your baby is not as cocooned inside.
    — Jamie Spain and Jessica Hartshorn, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Ben was cocooned in his bed and eventually seen by a medic.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The half-moon shape is especially conducive to cocooning you for hours on end.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2025
  • After a day on the water, retreat to your room’s balcony and cocoon yourself in the hammock.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Make like a cat and cocoon yourself in the Gubi F300 chair.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Just the name inspires dreams of a plush mattress that will cocoon your body into a state of restful slumber and easy dreaming.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Just the name inspires dreams of a plush mattress that will cocoon your body into a state of restful slumber and easy dreaming.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Just the name inspires dreams of a plush mattress that will cocoon your body into a state of restful slumber and easy dreaming.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Just the name inspires dreams of a plush mattress that will cocoon your body into a state of restful slumber and easy dreaming.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Food and drink While there are great choices in the neighborhood, most guests seem to cocoon themselves here, and why not?
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Front side thorax air bags and side-curtain air bags with rollover sensors help cocoon outboard passengers.
    — Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 24 Feb. 2018
  • According to Davis, deeper colors help to cocoon you.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • But the really different part is the door, which slides gently backwards to cocoon you away from the cabin.
    — John Walton, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The state cocoons them with free land, cushy jobs and American universities.
    — Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018
  • There’s nothing quite like the plush comfort of cocooning yourself in a big, fluffy towel after a shower.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • There was no mystery in his end except the mysteries that always cocoon around death, things left unresolved.
    — Tyler Malone, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The curtain rises on a striking tableau of dancers in frozen poses and cocooned in mesh, as if they had been put in storage, or hadn’t quite been born yet.
    — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Small shelters, cocooned in between peaks and glaciers, have served as base camps, safe havens and warm-up spots for adventurous climbers and skiers for decades.
    — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2018
  • When two characters are in the spotlight, the other two are often silently present in dim light, cocooned in private worlds.
    — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Courtney Barnett sings a lot of songs about cocooning with friends and just wanting to disappear.
    — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
  • Fluid yet substantial, this favorite from Cos skims the body with soft folds that are both cocooning and refined.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2025

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