By this time the sea was running inches high, and threatening every moment to engulf the frail bark.
To this end--that the emperor Joseph may warn his brother and sister of the fate which threatens, and which will surely engulf them, if they do not heed the signs of the coming tempest.
The vast flood of life seemed to engulf her, suck her up as if to say: "Well, you're here again!
But a petty intrigue led by a group of radicals caused the resignation of this minister at a time when the First Balkan War threatened to engulf Europe.
The normal life of the city was powerful enough to engulf the disturbance, the theaters were open, there were the same crowds on the boulevards, and the same gossipy spectators in the sidewalk cafés.
Time and again it seemed that one of the great waves that came sweeping out of the darkness must engulf them, but so far the Southern Cross rode them like a race-horse, rising pluckily to them as they rushed at her.
The lava might engulf him, but he was "posted," and must stand until relieved, by his commanding officer or death.
The great Federal wave which had rolled backward before Gordon, now rolled forward to engulf him.
Fly, if thou canst not trust thy heart to guide thee on the way-- Oh, fly the charmed margin ere th' abyss engulf its prey.
The great black cliffs to right and left frowned upon us as if indignantly, and at every turn in the canon a whirlpool yawned, ready to engulf us.
It writhed and squirmed like a living thing, and at every turn of the awful circle we drew nearer to its centre, which yawned to engulf us.
Above were that ugly red pouch and craning neck; below, those hideous jaws, ready to open and engulf it.
At times the great waves seemed as if they would engulf the pitching ship, but after each wave the steamer righted herself proudly and prepared to careen again on the next.
Within another twenty-four hours they wouldengulf the rocket.
They crept out from the sheer wall of the crater, reaching to engulf Pickering Base with icy fingers.
Then they saw the bay, stretching out wide arms to engulf the sea.
His shoulders hunched involuntarily as he strode along, for his imagination pictured the rock above them giving away to dump tons of the oily river water down to engulf them.
And followeth anon A clap so heavy that the skiey vaults, As if asunder burst, seem from on high To engulf the earth.
Nor could the clouds, As on they come, engulf with rain so vast As thus to make the rivers overflow And fields to float, if ether were not thus Furnished with lofty-piled clouds.
We did so, and it was at this time, during the steam period, when the water had receded, that I got a glimpse into its awful depths; and trembled at the yawning chasm which threatened to engulf us.
May they learn to magnify His name while suspended by the brittle thread of life over a yawning chasm of burning lava which is threatening to engulf them.
Do you then feel secure that He will not cause a tract of land to engulf you or send on you a tornado?
P: Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to engulf you, or send a sand-storm upon you, and then ye will find that ye have no protector?
When Shelley was on board, he had his papers with him; and much of the "Triumph of Life" was written as he sailed or weltered on that sea which was soon to engulf him.
His vessel bore out of sight with a favourable wind, and I remained awaiting his return by the breakers of that sea which was about to engulf him.
All crossed themselves, expecting every moment to see fire from heaven strike one or other of the two men, or that the earth would engulf one of them.
As he finished the last words of his melancholy refrain, he flung himself from the top of his rock into the sea, as though he really desired to engulf himself.
Let one of you move a step without my permission, and this place and the ground beneath your feet' will engulf you.
And there was nothing to which he could cling, not even a straw for this man battling with the waves that threatened to engulf him, no human soul that could or would help him.
The weak, purblind man had been steeled against further temptation by seeing a few hours ago the abyss yawning at his feet, in which an illicit love had threatened to engulf him forever.
Martin was watching Doris now from under his brows; he was talking against the silence that might engulf her again; seeking to hold her to a future that he had been vaguely considering in the past.
She had slipped into the danger, that seemed now about to engulf her, on a gradual decline.
Masses of shadow here and there loomed out in the darkness, and sometimes, vibrating with one movement, they rose up and swayed like immense black waves pressing forward to engulf them.
He sent her kisses; he dragged himself towards the grave, to engulf himself with her.
What else remains, a bewildered generation may well ask, that can repair the cleavage that is constantly widening, and which may, at any time, engulf it?
And yet it stubbornly refuses to embrace the light and acknowledge the sovereign authority of the one Power that can extricate it from its entanglements, and avert the woeful calamity that threatens to engulf it.
Man has long overcome the superstitions that still engulf woman.
He causes commotions that threaten to engulf him, and must pause or retreat until they have calmed.
But in the end, driven by one of those spasms of terror lest the underworld should be about to engulf her again, she stood at the stage door.
I believe this misfortune may entail ruin upon the whole working population, and that it may gradually engulf the smaller traders and those possessing the least capital.
How can I lead her past this abyss which threatens to engulf her?
I wish to draw her back from this abyss which threatens to engulf her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "engulf" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
