How to Use encircle in a Sentence

encircle

verb

• A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
• The players can only wade in with the everyday folks encircling the final holes.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020
• Plantings are still going in, a hexagonal bench is being built that will encircle the oak tree and plans call for a bird bath.
  — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• More than a dozen muted TV screens encircling the desks played cable news shows about the virus that went unwatched.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2020
• Fauci’s image is then encircled with piped frosting decorated with red, white and blue sprinkles.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
• Artist renderings have shown a 42-inch handrail marking the south wall, and encircling much of the area that once comprised the Alamo’s main courtyard.
  — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 10 Apr. 2020
• For drivers, the 1 ½-miles of serpentine city streets that encircle the lake pass an eclectic collection of neighborhood homes and a public pool a park.
  — Richard Marini, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020
• In their off-hours, guests can soak in the natural hot springs that encircle the property or wander the 70 acres of manicured gardens and walking trails.
  — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• Republicans now encircle him like the moons of Jupiter, but at some point, maybe in a few months or a few years, Trump will be out of the White House.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• This spot, encircled by the five mountains Hawaiians consider most sacred, is considered a uniquely powerful place to do it.
  — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
• So on March 10, officials announced the creation of a containment zone that encircled the synagogue.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 Mar. 2020
• Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.
  — David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
• In response, Delta is quickly becoming better organized as thunderstorms blossom and encircle the center of low pressure.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
• As further evidence of its oddity, Triton encircles its parent in the opposite direction compared with the other moons.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 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

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024