as in wrapped
to wrap (someone, especially a baby) tightly with a blanket, pieces of cloth, etc.
He swaddled the baby in a blanket.
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Recent Examples of swaddled
The attached bathroom includes a wet area swaddled in blue tiles with an indoor-outdoor shower space.
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Mark David, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Plus, the PJs are oh-so-soft and the dreamy modal cotton ones below are marked down from $60 to $39 which is a (relatively) small price to pay to feel like you're swaddled in a cloud.
—Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2024
Then a smuggler sealed him into a trailer, swaddled within sound-muffling insulation beneath a murderous Texan sun.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Other photos showed Katelyn smiling down at their little one, who was swaddled in a hospital blanket, and a close-up black-and-white snap of Krewe's feet.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Mark David, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
Plus, the PJs are oh-so-soft and the dreamy modal cotton ones below are marked down from $60 to $39 which is a (relatively) small price to pay to feel like you're swaddled in a cloud.
—Brie Schwartz, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2024
Then a smuggler sealed him into a trailer, swaddled within sound-muffling insulation beneath a murderous Texan sun.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Other photos showed Katelyn smiling down at their little one, who was swaddled in a hospital blanket, and a close-up black-and-white snap of Krewe's feet.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Swaddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swaddled. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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