enfold
verb (used with object)
to wrap up; envelop.
had enfolded
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past perfectof enfold.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In Israel the emigrants suddenly sensed the loss of a double cocoon that had enfolded them.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
As the two partners recrossed the foot-bridge into Denver City, night had cloaked the mountains in the west and had enfolded all the plains.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
And when they had enfolded him, and Rustem learned that the Turanians had quitted the borders, he made ready his army to return unto Zaboulistan.
From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Did some memory of the arms that had enfolded her so often and so tenderly come to her as she realized it?
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
