is engulfing
- present progressive of engulf (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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In Kythira, a third wildfire is engulfing a large part of the island, with residents describing scenes of "total destruction".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
The pervasive guilt I feel typing these words is insurmountable, yet we cannot keep denying our agonizing reality: Culture is engulfing us.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
A new wave of highly transmissible coronavirus is engulfing the world and will explode soon in the United States.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
Rice University, a private institution in Houston, has done its best to build a wall against the Delta variant that is engulfing the state of Texas.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
While Science is engulfing error in bottomless oblivion, the material senses would enthrone error as omnipotent and omnipresent, with power to determine the fact and fate to being.
From No and Yes by Eddy, Mary Baker
