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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

But union lived and peace divine Enfolded brothers all; The flag floats o'er them with the sign— The loyal sign, the equal sign— Of the stars that never fall.

From Golden Stars And Other Verses Following "The Red Flower" by Van Dyke, Henry

Enfolded there, she felt moored to his love; and, sleepless, she questioned any life apart.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various