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  • And when at his final examination he makes, as nine-tenths of such men do make, a grand crash, and his name comes out in the third or fourth class, or he get "gulfed" altogether -- it is two to one but his friends and his tutor look upon him, and talk of him, as rather an ill-used individual.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various

  • Her voice sawing at his nerves, he imagined her en - gulfed in flame, her bleached hair sizzling a special green.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • His consternation at the realization that they had found his boat was gulfed in a greater astonishment.

    People of the Dark Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • He seemed to have grown in this interlude, the serving lad, and the space between altar and nave, contrarily, to have gulfed.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • He seemed to have grown in this interlude, the serving lad, and the space between altar and nave, contrarily, to have gulfed.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • A blue tractor beam en-gulfed the runabout and thrust it away from the debris.

    Demons Of Air And Darkness DeCandido, Keith R. A. 2001

  • Anything organic had been seared to ash by the firestorm that had gulfed the exploded, structures.

    In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

  • A trollish cry gulfed hearing, and Carl threw himself flat.

    In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984

  • Her voice sawing at his nerves, he imagined her en - gulfed in flame, her bleached hair sizzling a special green.

    Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984

  • Brut, in the silver armour of his rank, knew that two full days had passed since Rackhir had left for the Sigh - ing Desert Three more days and the city would be en - gulfed by Narjhan's mighty rabble-and they knew there was no chance of halting their advance.

    The Bane of the Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

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