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engulfed by vs engulfed with

Both 'engulfed by' and 'engulfed with' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Engulfed by' is used to indicate that something is completely surrounded or covered by something else, while 'engulfed with' is used to describe being overwhelmed or filled with a particular emotion or feeling.

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engulfed by

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something is completely surrounded or covered by something else.

Examples:

The house was engulfed by flames.
She felt engulfed by the darkness of the cave.
The city was engulfed by a thick fog.
The car was engulfed by a swarm of bees.
The ship was engulfed by a massive wave.

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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
consumed by

engulfed with

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe being overwhelmed or filled with a particular emotion or feeling.

Examples:

She was engulfed with joy when she heard the good news.
He was engulfed with guilt after the accident.
The room was engulfed with laughter.
The city was engulfed with fear during the earthquake.
The team was engulfed with excitement before the big game.

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And right away... I was engulfed with this warm, golden cascade.
I was engulfed with this warm, golden cascade.
When you've been rejected in love, not only are you engulfed with feelings of romantic love, but you're feeling deep attachment to this individual.
All will be engulfed in flames.
The ring's completely engulfed Engineering.
Whenever he painted, he was in such frenzy madness engulfed his soul.
If Wickham is condemned, Pemberley would be engulfed in scandal.
The vain existence of people engulfed by On.
The infected horses are engulfed by the alien advance.
The whole world is engulfed in a revolution.
There have been reports of an altercation between two men right before the fireball engulfed this gas station.
Basically everything is suddenly engulfed in flames.
To be taken in, engulfed.
A cloud of radiation engulfed our great planet.
Being engulfed in an electric blanket of blubber could explain the fever.
A fiery explosion has completely engulfed a Rosslyn convenience store.
Despite calls for calm from several government agencies, Panic has engulfed the city.
I just walked down a hallway engulfed in flames.
But the blast created a sinkhole which engulfed many of our troops.
Whole hallway's engulfed, Chief.

Alternatives:

filled with
overwhelmed with
consumed with

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