enfold
verb (used with object)
to wrap up; envelop.
enfolding
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present participleof enfold.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Essential to a wilderness is its capacity to bewilder, and though certain of Church’s colleagues in the Hudson River group, notably Worthington Whittredge, brilliantly captured this dense, enfolding quality, Church seldom did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
But the bigger challenge is that Green is enfolding stories within stories that have an associative yet indirect connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Amid their taut geometries are passages of enfolding softness and effulgent color harmonies — rich reds, pale yellows and blues against his favorite milky lime green.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
In the rueful grimace of a mother on the subway, her hands enfolding a blond boy who could be a grumpy fallen angel, the strength of the expression and gesture convey an individual temperament.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2018
The scent of Christmas Night was enfolding me now and I saw her face draw closer, her eyes widening.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
