How to Use engulf in a Sentence

engulf

verb

• The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
• The home was fully engulfed by flames, the charges said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• By midnight, the fire had risen up through the ship to engulf the ship’s bridge.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2020
• Since the turn of the 20th century, the area has been engulfed in rice fields.
  — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 29 Apr. 2024
• Most snakes cannot take bites and must engulf their prey whole.
  — Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
• With the arena engulfed with noise, McGee missed the first free throw, but made the second.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The green onions were confined to the middle, engulfed in fluffy bread that sprang back with the poke of a finger.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• The stream showed him being engulfed by flames, the man told reporters.
  — Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2024
• His wife, Rania, was engulfed with grief over the loss of a beloved sister.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• The officer then opened the door and the driver fell out of the truck onto the ground, one of his legs engulfed in flames.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
• The mood in Lebanon is tense, as people there wonder whether the country will be engulfed in the war.
  — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• The home, which was engulfed in flames, was next door to a local daycare, FOX 29 said.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2024
• The butterfly is only seen in the Sardis Unit ever since a fire engulfed the Stamm Unit of the refuge in 2007.
  — Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
• Of course, the lasting image from our present era will be that of the wooden roof and spire engulfed in flames.
  — Oscar Holland, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
• Makes sense, but Paul has an enormous contract the Suns would have to engulf.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2020
• What if a raging fire then engulfed the 160-year-old building?
  — Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
• Over the next two hours the wind picked up again, and every one of the rental units surrounding the pool became engulfed in flames.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• Deputies and fire crews arrived to find the row of garages engulfed in flames, the department said in a news release.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Flames continued to engulf the attic and roof, and a third alarm was called at 12:40 p.m., the statement said.
  — Madison Mercado, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
• In eastern Bihar, scorching heat has engulfed most of the state, leading to 42 deaths in the past two days.
  — Time, 18 June 2023
• The fire appeared to engulf a bus or trailer in the parking area of the stadium.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2022
• The sound of Israeli drones buzzes overhead – a stark reminder of the fighting that has engulfed the strip for more than 11 months.
  — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
• South Florida footage showed the 18-wheeler engulfed in flames and tipped to one side.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
• The battle for sports rights has engulfed the entire video business.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 May 2024
• There was one way out, the winding passage before him, and it was engulfed in flames.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Fields said to the driver of a silver BMW, whose car quickly became engulfed by the crowd.
  — Christopher Maag, USA TODAY, 3 June 2020
• The Airbus was a total loss after it was engulfed in flames on the runway, the airline said.
  — Karson Yiu, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Borges's arm caught fire as flames engulfed the building.
  — CBS News, 2 May 2023
• The haze that has engulfed the region is a result of wildfires in Quebec.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• And to sleep, some parrotfish engulf themselves in a mucus cocoon.
  — Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024