encircled

Example Sentences

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Several hundred city residents, social justice activists, and dozens of Newark police officers encircled the DHS site where Baraka was being held.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

The island identified beneath Karnak is the only known example of such high ground encircled by water in the region.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

In early April, 1992, Bosnian Serb forces encircled Sarajevo, starting what would become the most prolonged siege in modern European history.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

“But the pains weren’t gone in two days; they were worse, and grew worse still, as if something inside her were encircled by a wire being drawn tighter and tighter to cut it in two.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

As the sun starts to set, Hideo takes me to a place overlooking a set of mountains, where a bathhouse sits encircled by cherry trees in full bloom.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu