How to Use encircle in a Sentence

encircle

verb
Definition of encirclenext
Synonyms for encirclenext
  • A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
  • Emerging into the center of the main gallery, curved glass cases encircle the arrival port.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The entire Giants roster took the field to encircle the cart and wish Gates well before the cart drove off into the tunnel.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
  • These enable the hotel to blend seamlessly into the Aleppo pine forest that encircles it.
    — James Rampton, theweek, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Paths will encircle the pool and into the woods around the five-acre property, which was donated to the town specifically for the memorial.
    — Zach Murdock, courant.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Certain genes get flipped on in horizontal stripes that encircle the animals’ torsos, telling each leg to acquire its final identity.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
  • This year, vehicles will be diverted from streets that encircle the Tidal Basin and several monuments will be closed.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The barrier would encircle one seat row, cutting off three seats -- including the one occupied by the symptomatic passenger.
    — CNN, 21 June 2021
  • Waves of diamonds encircle a significant South Sea cultured pearl.
    — Kristen Shirley, Forbes, 6 June 2021
  • What is increasingly clear is that the inner core is susceptible in different ways to activity in the layers of Earth that encircle it.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • The elastic bands of the sheet should now be encircling your hand.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Two feet of wire then form the fence and 2 feet lie on the ground, encircling your garden.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • The encircling orangerie brings the outside in through the seasons, with trees in zinc planters.
    — Howard Christian, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
  • And then encircle the plant with a small soil berm to hold water in the future.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Her blue eyes shone from her taut face, all encircled by a bird’s nest of frizzy gray hair.
    — Elizabeth M. Lynch, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2024
  • The over 90-mile pathway encircles the city, passing through over a dozen parks.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2024
  • With the boat and turtle aligned, Benson managed to encircle him with the hoop and enclose him in the net.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The lake has a boat ramp on the north side, and the road encircles the water, granting access to the entire shoreline.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024
  • The gravest risk for Ukrainian forces is that they would be encircled, trapped and killed in large numbers.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The gravest risk for Ukrainian forces is that they would be encircled, trapped, and killed in large numbers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Rimawi’s desk occupies the back corner of the room, and a ring of chairs encircles it.
    — Ismail Ibrahim, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Watch for the new badge — which frees Buick’s three heraldic shields from the chrome band that used to encircle them on upcoming Buicks.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • That means the roots grow up into the mulch and encircle the tree, rather than out into the surrounding soil.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Russian forces are entrenched on the eastern edge of the city and are seeking to encircle it.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The two of them share a lagoon and are encircled by one barrier reef.
    — Maggie Shipstead, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the nation saw a total solar eclipse, when the moon is encircled by a ring of light, or a corona, from the sun.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The Russian aim is to slowly cut off or encircle the bulk of Ukraine’s army east of the Dnipro River and starve it of new supplies.
    — New York Times, 1 May 2022
  • Stores and restaurants encircle the base, and lush green vines spill through openings in the structure.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Dark skin encircled the woman’s eyes, and her skin had the pallor of someone who had been sick for a long time.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Army encircled rebellious neighborhoods near Homs and shelled them to the ground.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023

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