The Greeks had completely disappeared in the protective black mantle engulfing them.

Sea squirts are surrounded by a protective mantle, and they absorb nutrients by filtering water through the organism.

She is frozen in denial of her own sexuality, as if enveloped in a protective mantle.

The church's ceiling surrounds one like the protective mantle of the Mother of God.

He was withdrawing the protective mantle of his magic from her shoulders, breaking the link that bound them.

The towering contraption in the middle of the Command Centre had not yet turned off its protective mantle.

The bright glow of the protective mantle suddenly disappeared after two more seconds.

His protective mantle had frayed to the verge of collapse and his perceptual disks were presenting sets of unreliable images.

She is certainly the least kinetic of Roxies, wrapped in a languorous, protective mantle of self-absorption.

Closer to Father Sun, bigger, it held its deep oceans of water and protective mantle of air.