encircle
Example Sentences
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Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
They constructed a 35-mile earthen berm around the city in an attempt to encircle its one million residents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
But the front line creeps ever closer, with Russia also threatening to encircle defenders from the north and west.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024
What is increasingly clear is that the inner core is susceptible in different ways to activity in the layers of Earth that encircle it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
Next thing I know, Earl’s arms encircle me like a steel band.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Vocabulary lists containing encircle
Florida's B.E.S.T Roots: circ, circum
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