- present tense form of encircle (3rd person singular).
encircles
Example Sentences
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A cooler ring encircles the hot center near the limb of the planet.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Since 2019, it has expanded its attacks from northern Burkina Faso and now encircles Ouagadougou, threatening links with neighbouring Ivory Coast, Togo and Mali.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
Paris still has empty acreage like the “petite ceinture,” or small belt, an abandoned 19th century railroad track that encircles Paris, and it’s being transformed into agricultural gardens.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
It uses additional lookout vehicles, encircles monopiles for turbines with bubble curtains and does underwater acoustic monitoring.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023
He remarked, “The alchemical worm Ouroboros that encircles the world devours itself.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
