How to Use engulf in a Sentence

engulf

verb

• The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
• First, a northward buckle in the jetstream, called a ridge, allowed hot air to engulf the region.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2021
• The initial sweetness of the honey melts into a slow-building smolder that can quickly engulf your whole palate.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
• But the show is frank about the tough stuff: the overwhelming anxiety that engulfed Bloom when her daughter was born, her sense of despair at the loss of her friend.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
• The influence of Saudi money is huge in this sport, but racing doesn’t seem to care about the human rights issues that engulf the region.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
• The year of fierce and brutal fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has engulfed the region, putting allies and enemies on high alert.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• One of them was 23-year-old Rima Akter, who made desperate calls to her family as the fire began to engulf the factory.
  — Julhas Alam, Star Tribune, 10 July 2021
• Williams lit a Molotov cocktail that someone else threw into the building, contributing to the blaze that would engulf the station and turn into a lasting symbol of the riots.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 24 July 2021
• This was the relative calm in mid-June, before another wildfire season threatens to engulf vast swaths of California in flames this summer and autumn.
  — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2021
• According to the Nathan’s website, many competitive eaters will chug lots of milk or water or engulf large amounts of filling and fibrous foods like watermelon and oatmeal to stretch out their stomachs.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 July 2021
• The home was fully engulfed by flames, the charges said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024