infold
Example Sentences
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A mad love, indeed; she went nearer to the gleaming waters; they seemed to rise and infold her; the water-lilies seemed to hold her up.
From A Mad Love by Charlotte M. Brame
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
A sprightly courser, fairer than the rest, The king himself presents his royal guest: A lion's hide his back and limbs infold, Precious with studded work, and paws of gold.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Beat the mixture to infold oxygen, and then put in one-quarter cake of yeast plants.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management by Ontario. Ministry of Education
O, well for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows new and old!
From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson
