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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

And in “The War Is Over,” a sputtering march beat and ghostly organ tones enfold a tale of crumbling defenses: “You can build your walls/Love will tear it down,” Shultz moans.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2019

I let her enfold me, but my mind ticks around the sprouting idea.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

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

From BBC ● May 25, 2024

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2016

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

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

“Collage,” from her album “Black Acid Soul,” rides an acoustic bass vamp and modal jazz harmonies, enfolded in wind chimes and Mellotron “string” chords.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021

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

“He has the gift of enfolding the stories of people from many different backgrounds into his work.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2021

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 feeling of dread passed, but the enfolding silence was broken.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien