I feel the distance as much as he, and as soon as it's over, I engulf him in a hug.
The next thing I knew, I was engulfed in a 24-hour, emotionally charged conversation with Lawrence, one other man (who sided with me), and several women (who definitely did not).
"Next thing I know, I'm engulfed in smoke," she told investigators.
If I am feeling overwhelmed, if I am feeling engulfed, I don't have to hide.
"I was engulfed in the article when I heard him yell, 'Get down!' real loud, and I saw a suicide-car bomb come around a blind corner," he said.
As I watch their gestures — head bending over a menu, hand reaching for a hand across the table — I wonder how it is being just this person, or that one, and soon I'm engulfed in a city of imaginary lives.
I take my cue from Pascal, who wrote in his "Pensées," "When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in an eternity before and after, the little space I fill engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified.
I have to make a real effort to find me time, otherwise I get engulfed in work and caring, and it means I have no time to regenerate and give 100%.
I was entirely lost my map had faded, and I was engulfed in thick dust.
