How to Use cocooning in a Sentence

cocooning

noun
  • Some of the larger suites have modern four-posters; those that are smaller feel cocooning and cozy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • In 2025, woody notes cradled fragrances, giving them a thick, cocooning warmth.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The home is impeccably comfortable, equipped with a cocooning swivel chair to take in views of the bay plus a fireplace for snug evenings on the sofa.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Pair with velvet curtains and an equally dramatic paint color to complete your cocooning sleepscape.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 May 2026
  • The silver oud and ambrette create an intimate, almost cocooning effect that feels both soft and sophisticated.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The brand’s classic coats were joined by handsome bomber jackets in grained leather or suede, cocooning puffers and enveloping shearling jackets and stoles that were lined with contrasting napa for extra luxe.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The cocooning experience of infrared bed therapy uses red and infrared light to support skin health and reduce inflammation.
    — Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Each of these sculptural Arhaus lights features a cocooning fabric shade with intricate swirls—the result of applying a spraying technique to finish the design.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Equally moody is Caillier’s textural take on Foliage, weaving branches of sepia, sage green, and sky-blue hues into a cocooning oak leaf motif.
    — Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
  • An earthy palette of beiges and buffs, oak and teak furniture, and walls, floors and ceilings hand-finished in micro-cement which meld into one another, creates a deeply cocooning ambience.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • There was also a scuba aesthetic that continued from last season with honkering inflatable coats, cocooning anoraks, and neoprene blazers nipped at the waist that looked like couture life vests and scuba suits.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The mood is cocooning, cinematic, and wonderfully peaceful.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 9 May 2026
  • The campaign also highlights the Bretagne jacket, introduced for fall 2025, a short-hooded puffer with a cocooning silhouette.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Austin Proper hotel, designed by Kelly Wearstler, boasts curved damask headboards with both lighting and nightstands integrated into its cocooning shape.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • Blanket hogging, one-sided cocooning, temperature mismatches, and unintentional comforter hogging are among the reasons couples are embracing the same bed, separate bedding trend.
    — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The cocooning effect is helped along by Jacques Garcia’s interiors, layered with taupes and burgundies, velvet and lacquer (and some 6,000 meters of damask silk thrown in the mix), into a hideaway that’s both ornate and relaxing.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Set in a quiet residential neighborhood, this intimate beachfront property (whose name mixes the owners’ first initials with the Dutch word for oasis) uses dense, vibrant landscaping and shutters and stone walls between guest rooms to create a cocooning feeling of privacy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • While Liden’s displacement and depersonalization of private property in Unheimlich Manöver could be perceived as the inversion of Darboven’s cocooning, the artists share a preoccupation with the silent speech of objects and with language as a spatial entity.
    — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Other musts in the cocooning space are the 90-minute full-body scrub with Sicilian raw sea salt, sweet fennel and rosemary in the hammam, the futuristic energy hack with PEMF, hypervolt and LED face masks, and body toning sessions using Biologique Recherche.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

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