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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
Dark wallpaper and dimly glittering chandeliers enfold the room’s tiered seats, erasing any divide between viewer and stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2018
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
Even when he is teasing me, I feel the sound of our home language enfold us like a mother’s warm arms.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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Cynthia puts her hands out to clasp mine and then enfolds me in her arms.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
In the early scenes of Mamie and Emmett together in Chicago, you notice the luminous, painterly ambiance in which Chukwu enfolds her characters and the actors playing them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Author and illustrator Oge Mora’s collage art enfolds her characters in warm, inviting colors.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
Near stillness enfolds hints of agitation in “Polysemy” by the electronic composer William Selman.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 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
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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
That restless motion is enfolded in swelling string-section chords, going nowhere in particular yet not staying still.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 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
She whispered the story as the night enfolded them.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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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
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
What kinds of discussions did you have in the writers’ room and on set when you were enfolding this into the narrative?
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
That was the other thing she’d brought along: the white cloth enfolding her silkworm eggs was nothing other than Desdemona’s wedding corset.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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