engulfed
Example Sentences
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“In five minutes, it felt like the whole house was engulfed in flames,” Jackson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
PHILADELPHIA—Ed Sheeran wasted no time in addressing the controversy that has engulfed his tour when he took the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The memoir, Swan Song, details revelations about the "crisis that engulfed the Royal Family after her death", the paper says.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
According to this theory, one organism eventually engulfed the other, and that relationship ultimately produced mitochondria, the energy-producing structures found inside complex cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
It made her happy, but for some reason that feeling of loneliness engulfed her.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
