Read full poem →yet he ventures
His life to its fragile keeping, if it fails the waves will engulf him.
O Arches! be strong to uphold him, and bear him across to the city,
Dictionary Entry
To overwhelm.
In a Sentence
“Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.”
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Poetry examples for “engulf”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.