infold
Example Sentences
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To some indeed there appeared no danger; but to others the dragon stained with his mother's blood appeared bent to infold in his closest toils the daughter of Tyndarus.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
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
In thee, Diana, I have always hop'd, And still I hope in thee, who didst infold Within the holy shelter of thine arm The outcast daughter of the mighty king.
From Iphigenia in Tauris by Anna Swanwick
The mountains that infold, In their wide sweep, the coloured landscape round, Seem groups of giant kings, in purple and gold, That guard the enchanted ground.
From The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Ministry of Education
What but the love of God infold them when father and mother had failed.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
