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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

She leads a flexible ensemble of fellow South African musicians, playing original tunes that flock and enfold around open-ended harmonic patterns, pushing deep into a haze.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2018

She opened her arms as if to enfold me in a hug.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

What singles Billi out, though, is the aura of loss and loneliness that enfolds her, even before she hears of her grandmother’s illness, and credit for that must go to Awkwafina.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2019

Author and illustrator Oge Mora’s collage art enfolds her characters in warm, inviting colors.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019

It enfolds warring families and shifting alliances, but in a setting where everyone is packed close and prying eyes and whispers are inescapable.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2018

And my cousin the goddess enfolds me completely in a hug, making me feel like a doll again.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Its serene opening was “Journey in Satchidananda,” a modal meditation with the flute and saxophones of Pharoah Sanders and Archie Shepp enfolded in her cascading harp arpeggios.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

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

Tucker Carlson burst through the doors of Charlie Palmer Steak, enfolded in an entourage of producers and assistants, cellphone pressed to his ear.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2022

And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

But the bigger challenge is that Green is enfolding stories within stories that have an associative yet indirect connection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

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

From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 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

Shadow rolled over on the foam rubber, finding new places that hurt as he rolled, hoping that he had not woken fully and relieved to find sleep was enfolding him once more.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman