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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
darkness began to enfold the lonely house on the hill
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as in to hug
to put one's arms around and press tightly
the winner enfolded the huge bouquet of roses in her arms and thanked the judges
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Recent Examples of enfold
Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Santa Maria del Popolo, a Renaissance basilica, houses two famous canvases by Caravaggio.
Villa Torlonia, a sprawling park, enfolds museums, a theater, a Moorish-style greenhouse and Mussolini’s World War II bunker.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The world watched as a joyful Rocky leapt over a barrier to hug Rihanna and then enfolded his mother and sister in his arms.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 May 2025
Well enfolded acidity with slight toffee on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Santa Maria del Popolo, a Renaissance basilica, houses two famous canvases by Caravaggio.
Villa Torlonia, a sprawling park, enfolds museums, a theater, a Moorish-style greenhouse and Mussolini’s World War II bunker.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The world watched as a joyful Rocky leapt over a barrier to hug Rihanna and then enfolded his mother and sister in his arms.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 May 2025
Well enfolded acidity with slight toffee on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfold
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Another young girl, Maria Antonia’s best friend, leaps out of her desk to wrap her arms around her.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Cardi stands on the edge of the room as the women straddle chairs backward, tightening their core muscles and wrapping their ankles around the back in order to control their slow descent to the ground.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
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The rear of the speaker is smartly curved to better hug your body when it is slung over your shoulder, too.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Nothing can replace Bailey or Lady, or fill that empty space in our hearts, but a new companion could hug your heart and help that hole to close and mend.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Inside, the airy lobby envelopes us in the brand’s signature Le Labo scent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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As much as this music ties itself to the beauty of the physical world, it’s also enveloped by a thick fog.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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Others showed baby Spero clasping his tiny hand around Graham's finger and slumbering with a smile on his face.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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Back at the gathering, there were Martha’s groans and Gretchen’s anger, and there was Mike, clasping his chest—a heart attack?—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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As a precaution, the highway leading out of Izium to the next town has also been enclosed in a corridor of netting.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cushion Valuables When Moving There's nothing better to cradle your breakable goods when moving or packing items for storage than a pillow.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
16 Jan. 2026
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All Fox could do was cradle Truman’s hand, stare straight ahead, summon a proud mournful dignity, and try to pretend that the people all around them did not exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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And at Cal State San Marcos, a central statue of Chavez was shrouded in moving blankets Wednesday.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Cliff swallows make nests out of mud pellets that cling to overhangs.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
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Loznitsa neither sentimentalizes nor mocks this impulse; for him, the human will to resist, to cling fast to integrity and courage in the face of a mounting totalitarian horror, is something as real, as undeniable, and therefore worth acknowledging, as the horror itself.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Enfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfold. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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