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Example sentences for "engulfs"

Lexicographically close words:
engrossing; engrossment; engulf; engulfed; engulfing; engulph; engulphed; engyne; enhance; enhanced
  1. Scarlet flames leap up, dense smoke engulfs the forest and many cattle are burnt alive.

  2. The cowherds recognize it, but while they are wondering how to escape, the crane opens its beak and engulfs Krishna.

  3. It is commonly found gliding on the mud or weeds in ponds, where it engulfs its microscopic food by means of out-flowing lobes (PS).

  4. Isles and the poynt of Ongear lie Northeast and Southwest and the distance betweene them is 15.

  5. It engulfs microscopic plants, and digests them in the internal protoplasm by the aid of an acid secretion.

  6. The food is captured by the tentacles; but digestion takes place only partially in the digestive cavity, for each surrounding cell engulfs small particles of food and digests them within itself.

  7. It engulfs him, requires of him all the exertion of his faculties.

  8. The lieutenant, to keep me company, engulfs half a dozen eggs.


  9. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "engulfs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.