Sentence examples for engulf and from inspiring English sources

Some, like neutrophils and macrophages, engulf and chew up microbes.

A lava flow may engulf and bury the land, but new soil and vegetation eventually develop.

Insects engulf and eliminate foreign invaders through the process of phagocytosis ("cellular eating").

(The latter can engulf and destroy bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances).

The arena was then owned by Gulf and Western, a corporation satirized by Mel Brooks as Engulf and Devour.

Then, as quickly as Parker builds Turner up, he illustrates the horrors of slavery that engulf and take him down.

The bacteria also invade macrophages, the immune system's "attack cells," which normally engulf and digest invading bacteria.

The tumor cells engulf and destroy the minicells, a standard defense against bacteria, and in doing so are exposed to whatever cargo the minicells carry.

The stained-glass windows were illuminated to those standing outside, watching the miracle engulf and swallow the building, and those trapped within it.

The technique works by stimulating microglial cells, which form part of the brain's immune system, to engulf and absorb the plaques.

Similarly, amid the politics and pain that engulf and sometimes threaten to smother professional sport, there is also an art that can take your breath away.