infold

Example Sentences

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To involve is, literally, to infold, not to bring about, nor cause to ensue.

From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose

Oh! speechless transport! mute let me infold thee!

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Moses, Montrose Jonas

She stood looking down on his bowed head with a tenderness that seemed to infold him as with a mantle.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

All around the pines rose straight and tall, like gaunt giant forms flinging out long, skeleton arms eager to infold them in a cruel clasp.

From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Arthur, Frances Browne

A great hush brooded around; and yet not so awful was that intense stillness as the solemn calm which seemed to infold the quiet figure sitting so silently in the midst.

From Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life by Beaumont, Grace