engulfed; engulfing; engulfs
1
: to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island
2
: to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing
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Examples of engulf in a Sentence
The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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West’s heat wave stretches to second week Heat alerts engulf more than 130 million Americans on both coasts, but the brunt of the heat is still impacting the West, where communities have been baking under high temperatures for at least two weeks.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 10 July 2024
Worries about Black voter turnout The turmoil engulfing the Democratic Party comes at a moment when party officials were already anxious about turnout among Black voters, especially Black women.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
The blaze was one of thousands that engulfed an area larger than Greece and marked the worst wildfire season in Canadian history.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Firefighters responded to reports of a blast and found the RV engulfed in flames, with three men conscious and alert but badly burned.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 10 July 2024
Worries about Black voter turnout The turmoil engulfing the Democratic Party comes at a moment when party officials were already anxious about turnout among Black voters, especially Black women.
—Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
The blaze was one of thousands that engulfed an area larger than Greece and marked the worst wildfire season in Canadian history.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Firefighters responded to reports of a blast and found the RV engulfed in flames, with three men conscious and alert but badly burned.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
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“Engulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engulf. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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