engulf

Example Sentences

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"If you keep working hard, the hard work will find a way to engulf the problem and make it tolerable. That is what I'm doing."

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Unlike some immune cells, macrophages can directly engulf cancer cells.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Winter Storm Fern is forecast to engulf an area well over half the length of the continental United States, stretching from Texas and the Great Plains region to the mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

It will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Despair, ready to engulf him should he falter.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya