enfoldment

Example Sentences

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She felt a distinct emotion now, but it was different—less tumultuous, and bringing her a soft sense of enfoldment.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.

The Arabian yielded his hand without hesitation, and his long, slender dark fingers were for an instant enclosed, and almost buried, in the large enfoldment of King Richard's hand.

From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir

Man is the most perfect enfoldment of nature's electric laws, and the world and the universe are the universal expression of electric life and energy.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward

After that sheltering enfoldment in his arms, she drew back, her hands on his shoulders, looking into his face with eyes that showed no consciousness of a lover's first kiss.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

People wonder why sensitive, self-respecting women are not driven away from the stage by the offences that hedge it; they are driven deeper and farther into its enfoldment.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter