How to Use enclosure in a Sentence

enclosure

noun
Definition of enclosurenext
Synonyms for enclosurenext
  • During the day the horses are kept in an enclosure.
  • One of the enclosures was a photograph.
  • 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
  • The zoo says Ben crawled through a mesh hole in his enclosure.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The family had claimed an enclosure at the back of the garage.
    — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
  • Last Tuesday, the bird was found dead in its enclosure, per the Post.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Guests may see them in the enclosure or poking over the fence in Audubon Park.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The 4-year-old bear, Ben, fled the outdoor enclosure at 1 p.m., the zoo said in a news release.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Staff traversed the dirt roads to the enclosures in golf carts and pickup trucks.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Feelings are hurt and then mended like the fences around the sheep enclosure.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The zipper enclosure is sturdy and tucked away for a clean look.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
  • And so, on Monday, staff went to retrieve the owl from its enclosure.
    — Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The vast crowd is visible through the enclosure, all around you, from the rugby field to the upper decks.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Day 1, the crew cleans the glass enclosure itself and removes some debris from the floor.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Xiao Qi Ji and Tian Tian lay on the outskirts of their enclosure and played with zoo staff.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Xin Bao relaxed in her enclosure, and Yun Chuan chomped on some leaves.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN, 9 July 2024
  • The audience looms on three sides of their enclosure; on the fourth is the ominous black wall of a two-way mirror.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The cats were all in their bunk beds, each enclosure warmed by a little coal chimney.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The inmates also helped clear out some of the enclosures at the sanctuary, Williams said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Then, three healthy ferrets were placed in the same enclosures with three of the sick animals.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 June 2024
  • Since then, the orangutan enclosure has been closed to the public to allow him and his first-time mother to bond.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • Early Monday morning, staff came to the enclosure and found the dead birds.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 3 May 2022
  • In the clip, Buzz cautiously sticks her head out of her den into the large, grassy enclosure.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Gone were the days of massive speaker enclosures with huge cones.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • The researchers showed nearly a hundred 2- to 3-year-olds the dogs in an enclosure, with a platform that was just out of reach.
    — Alison Gopnik, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In one, a three-year-old gorilla spots the zookeeper holding Olivia from across the enclosure and comes to the glass to meet the baby.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The mayor's office said that a date will be set once the panda enclosure at the zoo is complete.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Around Milwaukee, the enclosure can be formed by the Lake Michigan bluff, utility poles and steel wire atop streetlights.
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The tweeters are mounted at the far edges of the enclosure and are fully isolated from vibrations running through the cabinet that are generated by other, larger drive units.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

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