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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
They enfold the subject just so, like a halter on a horse’s face.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
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
Dany closed her eyes and let the smell and the warmth enfold her.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
In looking squarely at and deeply into things, they respect the actuality that enfolds us all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2016
But Mama’s sweetness enfolds him and coaxes him back.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Harplike plinks and clicking percussion rise around her voice, enfolded in instrumental and vocal harmonies as she sings that “portals open as you slowly drift through/surrounded by our love.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 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
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
The blackness of the night and the chilled mist struck him and enfolded him.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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
“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
I hurried, the sound drawing closer, myriad-voiced, humming, enfolding me, numbing the air, as I started beneath the ramp.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Vocabulary from Readings 3, Unit 1
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