engulfed

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They are cunning handicraftsmen to a degree, but withal wholly ingulfed in a sensuous existence.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

The 'Puerta Mayor,' with all its statues, is ingulfed, and an arm of the sea now washes up and over the beautiful gardens where the Governor gave his f�te.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

It is, as it were, ingulfed between two lofty and nearly parallel ridges, one lying to the east and the other to the west.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton

In our anguish and terror, we felt that the whole nation would be speedily ingulfed in one common ruin.

From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by Barnes, William Horatio

The river is ingulfed in caverns; and in one of these caverns we heard the water roll at once over our heads and beneath our feet.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von