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George’s cluckingly affectionate aunt wants to enfold Hedda in a tradition that would consign her to the role of wife and mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Little did I know this decision would nearly get me arrested, set me on a path across two coasts, instigate community programming, and enfold kindred spirits near and far.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

When you see the power of love and people reaching out from their own pain, how that can really surround you and enfold you and help you.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2023

They enfold the subject just so, like a halter on a horse’s face.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2020

A huge iridescent bubble seemed to enfold me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Cynthia puts her hands out to clasp mine and then enfolds me in her arms.

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

The coinage enfolds this book’s argument: Too many immigrants are being locked up like criminals, and no one — not even criminals — should be treated this way.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020

He enfolds every one of his characters in a blanket of compassion that wisely never extends to the promise of happy endings.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2019

In looking squarely at and deeply into things, they respect the actuality that enfolds us all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2016

I am careful not to wake this girl who enfolds me.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Harplike plinks and clicking percussion rise around her voice, enfolded in instrumental and vocal harmonies as she sings that “portals open as you slowly drift through/surrounded by our love.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

One wishes the film better enfolded Indigenous culture within the narrative: While we do see a few hints, what’s given is not enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

He set them down on the tiled floor, opened the door of one, reached inside with a dark towel, and enfolded what was inside.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 8, 2022

The late essayist Christopher Hitchens once referred to the novel as “a love story enfolded in a bildungsroman and wrapped in a conspiracy theory” — using a $10 word for a coming-of-age tale.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

Its few entrances heavily fortified, its heart safely enfolded in the mountain.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Essential to a wilderness is its capacity to bewilder, and though certain of Church’s colleagues in the Hudson River group, notably Worthington Whittredge, brilliantly captured this dense, enfolding quality, Church seldom did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

You are met with a soothing electronic soundscape enfolding Parker’s understated, post-Grant Green guitar.

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

At her coronation 70 years ago, beamed around the world in black and white, Elizabeth’s youthful visage and slender form made for a poignant counterpoint to the centuries-old regalia and ritual enfolding her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023

Amid their taut geometries are passages of enfolding softness and effulgent color harmonies — rich reds, pale yellows and blues against his favorite milky lime green.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019

The scent of Christmas Night was enfolding me now and I saw her face draw closer, her eyes widening.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison