Synonyms of enfold
Examples of enfold in a Sentence
The dish is made of vegetables enfolded in a pastry crust.
We watched as darkness enfolded the city.
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Some may find this a bit too fine-grained, overly implicated in language’s self-enfolding folds.
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Katie Kadue, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Julia walked with her head high, at a normal pace, confident now that the slope beside her would serve as a safety net like the one that enfolded Vroni—the German welfare state.
—Nell Zink, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
—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
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Katie Kadue, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Julia walked with her head high, at a normal pace, confident now that the slope beside her would serve as a safety net like the one that enfolded Vroni—the German welfare state.
—Nell Zink, New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2025
Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
—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
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“Enfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enfold. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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enfold
verb
en·fold
in-ˈfōld 
1
: to cover with folds : enclose in the folds of something
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