diff --git a/src/end-to-end.test.ts b/src/end-to-end.test.ts
index 7ff9fe7..9a474b3 100644
--- a/src/end-to-end.test.ts
+++ b/src/end-to-end.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ testCases(endToEnd, code => code)('end-to-end tests', [
   ['{a:A {@lookup {a}}}', either.makeRight({ a: 'A', 0: 'A' })],
   ['{a:A :{a}}', either.makeRight({ a: 'A', 0: 'A' })],
   ['{ a: (a => :a)(A) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A' })],
+  ['{ a: ( a => :a )( A ) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A' })],
   ['(a => :a)(A)', either.makeRight('A')],
   [
     '{ a: a => :a, b: :a(A) }',
@@ -53,13 +54,13 @@ testCases(endToEnd, code => code)('end-to-end tests', [
     }),
   ],
   ['{ a: ({ A }) }', either.makeRight({ a: { 0: 'A' } })],
-  ['{ a: (A) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A' })],
+  ['{ a: ( A ) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A' })],
   ['{ a: ("A A A") }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A A A' })],
   ['{ ("a"): A }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A' })],
   ['{ a: :(b), b: B }', either.makeRight({ a: 'B', b: 'B' })],
   ['{ a: :("b"), b: B }', either.makeRight({ a: 'B', b: 'B' })],
   ['{ (a: A) (b: B) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'A', b: 'B' })],
-  ['({ ((a): :(b)) ((b): B) })', either.makeRight({ a: 'B', b: 'B' })],
+  ['( { ((a): :(b)) ( ( b ): B ) } )', either.makeRight({ a: 'B', b: 'B' })],
   ['{ (a: :(")")), (")": (B)) }', either.makeRight({ a: 'B', ')': 'B' })],
   [':match({ a: A })({ tag: a, value: {} })', either.makeRight('A')],
   [':{string concatenate}(a)(b)', either.makeRight('ba')],
diff --git a/src/language/parsing/molecule.ts b/src/language/parsing/molecule.ts
index 9119a3c..e54d6f5 100644
--- a/src/language/parsing/molecule.ts
+++ b/src/language/parsing/molecule.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { parser, type Parser } from '../../parsing.js'
 import { atomParser, type Atom } from './atom.js'
 import { optionallySurroundedByParentheses } from './parentheses.js'
+import { whitespace } from './whitespace.js'
 
 export type Molecule = { readonly [key: Atom]: Molecule | Atom }
 
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ const makeIncrementingIndexer = (): Indexer => {
 // Language-specific parsers follow.
 
 const propertyDelimiter = parser.regularExpression(/[\s,]+/)
-const whitespace = parser.regularExpression(/\s+/)
 
 const sugaredLookup: Parser<PartialMolecule> =
   optionallySurroundedByParentheses(
diff --git a/src/language/parsing/parentheses.ts b/src/language/parsing/parentheses.ts
index 4c0d870..eacec96 100644
--- a/src/language/parsing/parentheses.ts
+++ b/src/language/parsing/parentheses.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { parser, type Parser } from '../../parsing.js'
+import { whitespace } from './whitespace.js'
 
 const optionallySurroundedBy = <Output>(
   parser1: Parser<unknown>,
@@ -16,4 +17,16 @@ const optionallySurroundedBy = <Output>(
 export const optionallySurroundedByParentheses = <Output>(
   theParser: Parser<Output>,
 ): Parser<Output> =>
-  optionallySurroundedBy(parser.literal('('), theParser, parser.literal(')'))
+  parser.oneOf([
+    // This allows `theParser` to greedily consume whitespace.
+    optionallySurroundedBy(
+      parser.literal('('),
+      theParser,
+      parser.sequence([parser.zeroOrMore(whitespace), parser.literal(')')]),
+    ),
+    optionallySurroundedBy(
+      parser.sequence([parser.literal('('), parser.zeroOrMore(whitespace)]),
+      theParser,
+      parser.sequence([parser.zeroOrMore(whitespace), parser.literal(')')]),
+    ),
+  ])
diff --git a/src/language/parsing/whitespace.ts b/src/language/parsing/whitespace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..212bb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/language/parsing/whitespace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { parser } from '../../parsing.js'
+
+export const whitespace = parser.regularExpression(/\s+/)