infold
Example Sentences
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All that glisters is not gold, Gilded tombs do worms infold.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
Oh, well for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows new and old!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various
His back and breast Well-temper'd steel and scaly brass invest: The cuishes which his brawny thighs infold Are mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Young Carleton, believing there was nothing for him to do, spread his blanket near the fire, and, lying down, so as to infold himself from head to feet, was not long in sinking into slumber.
From Footprints in the Forest by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
That is— Oh! lest my son should suffer cold, Him in his father’s coat infold, Lest cold should seize my darling fair, For her, her mother’s robe prepare.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
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