enfolded

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Enfolded in a pink terry-cloth bathrobe, she curls up in an armchair and lets the computerized pages of the phone bill cascade to the floor: $3,967.78 worth of calls in two months.

From Time Magazine Archive

Enfolded in them were mountains, and a river, and enough villages to make him a local government unto himself.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

Enfolded in Reverend Finch's paternal embraces; harangued by Reverend Finch's prodigious voice, Lucilla was effectually silenced—the subject was inevitably changed.

From Poor Miss Finch by Collins, Wilkie

Many have come, and run their eager race, Striving for pleasures, luxuries, or place, And quaffed their wine, and now all silent lie, Enfolded in their parent earth's embrace.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar

What, Lord, would I not give to shift my cares and lie Enfolded in Time’s arms, stone-dead, eternally?

From Satan Absolved by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen