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enfold

[en-fohld] / ɛnˈfoʊld /


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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

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

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

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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