Will it ingulf us in its insatiable maw, as the whale did Jonah?
It was almost possible to imagine one's self surrounded by limpid waters, which might at any moment rush upon him and ingulf him.
They are afraid to approach the rocks, lest the waters should rise in anger, and ingulf them.
Whirlpools turned her skiff round and round like a feather, and yawning gulfs threatened each moment to ingulf her.
Soon the tumult of the inebriated made us forget the roaring of the sea which threatened to ingulf us.