The surrounding jungle is slowly engulfing the tiny capital of this former Portuguese colony.

He watched the shadows slowly engulfing the ship as the moon rose higher.

But as I stood alone and contemplated hiking onward from the first peak, clouds slowly engulfed both of Olomana's subsequent spires.

Some were killed instantly, others called pitifully for the medics as the incoming tide slowly engulfed them.

Mercifully, both of them were unconscious a few seconds later, and they didn't see the glittering cloud of space dust as it slowly engulfed the darkened yacht.

His legs were swallowed by shadow that slowly engulfed his arms and, finally, his head.

There was not even a hint of the dire predicament that was slowly engulfing the men at Arnhem.

(Mr. McGovern spends most of the performance hidden behind the sand hill that slowly engulfs Winnie as the play progresses.)

Now it is slowly engulfing every citizen of the country.

And slowly engulfed him inch by straining, glorious inch.