How to Use engulf in a Sentence

engulf

verb
  • The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
  • All these things engulf your time.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Georgie was engulfed in smoke and flames.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
  • Most snakes cannot take bites and must engulf their prey whole.
    — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Why did protests engulf Iran in the first place?
    — Darian Woods, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Pictures and video of the scene showed the bus engulfed in flames.
    — Jack McCordick, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2019
  • Videos showed parts of a high-rise building engulfed in flames.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • At the scene, fire crews found the house fully engulfed in flames.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The video quickly clipped to the white sedan engulfed in flames.
    — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Macrophages are the heavy lifters that engulf debris and pathogens.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
  • So teams can’t talk about those 15 moves that engulfed the draft.
    — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • By the time deputies arrived, the house was engulfed in flames.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
  • When deputies arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • By midnight, the fire had risen up through the ship to engulf the ship’s bridge.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2020
  • Altman, who was on the first floor, fell through the floor and was engulfed in flames.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, they are engulfed in the waves and, as the video ends, are nowhere to be seen.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Crews found the building — which was used as a garage, shop and barn — engulfed in flames.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Then the wing was engulfed by fire as the burning engine flew above it.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Then the wing was engulfed by fire as the burning engine flew above it.
    — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The home was fully engulfed in flames and then collapsed.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Screams of terror as cars and buildings engulfed in flames.
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The stream showed him being engulfed by flames, the man told reporters.
    — Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The fire engulfed the building, spreading from the first floor to the roof.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The fire engulfed the building, spreading from the first floor to the roof.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Within an hour, the water engulfed the first floor of his friend's home.
    — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 7 Sep. 2019
  • This movement emerged as Italy was engulfed by famine, plague, and war.
    — Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Later, one of the buses was engulfed in flames.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • The fire quickly spread through the garage and engulfed the structure.
    — Victor Jacobo, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Owens arrived at this camp lost in the same sea of grief that had engulfed Sanders.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Landscapes unfold over vast, rocky tracts, engulfed by big skies.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026

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