Example Sentences

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They exist against the backdrop of whatever problem or crisis is engulfing the royal family or government back at home.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

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

Every wave with a little running white crest on its ridge; though not quite such a curling frill as this one has which is engulfing poor Robinson Crusoe.

From Miscellanea by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty