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engulfing
  • present participle of engulf.

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Engulfing her face, the brightness creates a white eclipse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Engulfing him in the White House, they jostled feverishly to bestow coos and kisses on Lyndon Johnson, knocking furniture and objets d'art pell-mell in a mob scene reminiscent of Andrew Jackson's era.

From Time Magazine Archive

Engulfing fields in dense mats of root and vine, kudzu swarmed over entire farms, clambered for miles along telephone lines, wrapped up trees, barns, and houses like a green Christo.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

O fugitive from where no fledgling flies, No bee finds bud, and where red billows rise, Engulfing down dark years, the Human Race!

From Freedom, Truth and Beauty by Doyle, Edward