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

She came and rested her head against my bosom and I folded my arms about her just as she had enfolded me when I went to her a lonely child yearning for love.

From The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner

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 Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Suddenly he seemed to feel how tenderly the loving arms of his daughters had enfolded him.

From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm