enfold
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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
Dany closed her eyes and let the smell and the warmth enfold her.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Cynthia puts her hands out to clasp mine and then enfolds me in her arms.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
But “Secondary” enfolds other perspectives as it gestures toward a broader, contemporary American social landscape.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
The coinage enfolds this book’s argument: Too many immigrants are being locked up like criminals, and no one — not even criminals — should be treated this way.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
The play, which takes place in the backyard of Joe and Kate’s Midwestern home, enfolds a domestic drama in a larger American narrative about capitalist corruption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2019
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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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
They are individual and odd, enfolded in a natural world Harding depicts with the same unsentimental reverence he employed in his Pulitzer Prize-winning debut, “Tinkers.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
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
There were evening dresses here, I caught the shimmer of silver over the top of the white bags that enfolded them.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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
He starts out and, in utter, enfolding darkness, he runs.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 7, 2019
He embraces me, enfolding me in the smell of blood and roses, and plants a puffy kiss on my cheek.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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