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engulfed by vs engulfed in

Both 'engulfed by' and 'engulfed in' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. The choice between them depends on the context in which they are used.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1269 views

engulfed by

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is completely surrounded or covered by something else, emphasizing the action of being engulfed.

Examples:

  • The house was engulfed by flames.
  • She felt engulfed by the crowd.
  • The car was engulfed by a thick fog.
  • And just as I'm about to be engulfed by it...
  • If we didn't sail fast enough, we'd be engulfed by that storm, and either capsized or smashed to pieces.
  • The vain existence of people engulfed by On.
  • The infected horses are engulfed by the alien advance.
  • Jakarta seems to want to wipe this small, courageous Catholic people off the map for resisting being engulfed by an Indonesia of 150 million Muslims.
  • So we can't wait to be engulfed by 996 of them.
  • In the process, he was almost engulfed by sin on a Soho street.
  • You'll been engulfed by a red giant."
  • Times Square once was a hot spot for millions to celebrate the start of a new year, now, it's being engulfed by a blanket of green.
  • We were travelling back from Scotland to London when the train was suddenly engulfed by a blizzard and we spent the night in a tradesmen's hotel in Middlesbrough.
  • During the early '80s, I spent a lot of time in Central America, which was engulfed by civil wars that straddled the ideological divide of the Cold War.
  • Don't let yourself be engulfed by guilt and doubt, and don't let your friends feel pressured.
  • Rather, the fact that must be emphasized is that all forms of culture are fragile and at risk of being lost over the years, at risk of being engulfed by globalization and muddled up with new forms of mass culture without any link with tradition.
  • I was being engulfed by the monster.
  • Shattering from the top, engulfed by banana-peel plumes, these were no ordinary implosions
  • In Tombwe, the faint tracks of Oreste Sabatini are apparently engulfed by the impressive Duque de Braganca Falls.
  • It's as though you're suddenly engulfed by emotions, taking your all including your life and you would even refused to escape.
  • To tumble from orbit and be engulfed by the sun

Alternatives:

  • surrounded by
  • covered by
  • overwhelmed by

engulfed in

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when something is deeply immersed or involved in something else, suggesting a sense of being overwhelmed or consumed by a situation.

Examples:

  • She was engulfed in a whirlwind of emotions.
  • The city was engulfed in chaos.
  • He was engulfed in darkness.
  • BP Deepwater Horizon is engulfed in flames and the search continues for 11 missing crew members.
  • By the time the fire trucks arrived, the townhouse was fully engulfed in flames.
  • I just walked down a hallway engulfed in flames.
  • Last night I dreamt I'm in the desert, and my house is tied around my neck, and my body's breaking under its weight, and it's engulfed in flames.
  • The world's about to be engulfed in hellfire and you're in Magic Town, U.S.A.?
  • What would happen if the long-term savings of future pensioners were engulfed in a stock-market crash?
  • And as the Titanic's band played on as the ship sank, so too will I spin one last record as my DJ booth is engulfed in flames.
  • If Wickham is condemned, Pemberley would be engulfed in scandal.
  • The whole world is engulfed in a revolution.
  • Basically everything is suddenly engulfed in flames.
  • Being engulfed in an electric blanket of blubber could explain the fever.
  • I was engulfed in pain, I was paralysed by fear.
  • The canyon will be engulfed in flames and you have no retardant.
  • We must not let ourselves be engulfed in this wave of panic, because we bear political responsibility.
  • People will be lighting fires soon, for winter, and every inch of heaven will be engulfed in smog.
  • We were fired upon, and our home was engulfed in flames.
  • Madagascar has become a lawless state in which an illegal regime is allowing the country to be plundered and engulfed in chaos.
  • During the current summer days, Romania is being engulfed in the drama involving a very popular football team, Politehnica Timişoara.
  • Then Jordan, a key country which is engulfed in turmoil, might blow up the entire peace process.
  • As you can see, the hillside behind me is completely engulfed in flames.

Alternatives:

  • immersed in
  • consumed by
  • overwhelmed by

Related Comparisons

filled in vs filled-in entangled in vs entangled with joined in vs joined on filled in vs filled out separated in vs separated into subsumed to vs subsumed in

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