How to Use enclosure in a Sentence

enclosure

noun
  • During the day the horses are kept in an enclosure.
  • One of the enclosures was a photograph.
  • The zoo says Ben crawled through a mesh hole in his enclosure.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The shower just hangs over the open floor with no glass enclosure at all.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2020
  • Penn wears the charm on a heavy gold chain with a malleable hook enclosure.
    — Sadiya Ansari Spandita Malik, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Space plants closer for a denser screen and wider apart for a more open enclosure.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Space plants closer for a denser screen and wider apart for a more open enclosure.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a gap between the enclosure and wall.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Once inside, the child reached a chain-link enclosure and placed their hand through the fence.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The family had claimed an enclosure at the back of the garage.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
  • The zipper enclosure is sturdy and tucked away for a clean look.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The dock is housed in a fanless aluminum enclosure that runs cool and is silent.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There are a pair of speakers on either side of the enclosure.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Staff traversed the dirt roads to the enclosures in golf carts and pickup trucks.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • In the clip, the ape taps on the glass of its enclosure and points at the human baby.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2023
  • Feelings are hurt and then mended like the fences around the sheep enclosure.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The cats were all in their bunk beds, each enclosure warmed by a little coal chimney.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Gone were the days of massive speaker enclosures with huge cones.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • Hemp is commonly grown in farm fields with no enclosures.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • These fences led to a large enclosure constructed from heavy logs.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a glass enclosure with a small plot of astroturf.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The enclosure houses three gray wolves.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes, that means a staff member sits near the enclosure and talks to them or reads a book to them.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Tigers and lions pace fenced enclosures in the backyard.
    — Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The Como Zoo needs a new enclosure for its big cats.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Enough so that some of the Zoo's sea lions were able to leave their enclosure and swim around the zoo!
    — Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Past the line that was already forming at the entrance to the enclosure.
    — Rebecca Hale, National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2020
  • But the otters could come back in the future with an improved enclosure that meets their needs.
    — Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • By then, Denny had gone to the other side of the enclosure.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Guests may see them in the enclosure or poking over the fence in Audubon Park.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024

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