encompassment

Example Sentences

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Yanagihara’s characters are able to live this encompassment.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2020

That’s an encompassment for the kids around here, where I’m from, stuff like that.

From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2020

You, Carmen, though but a child in years, have risen beyond me, and beyond this lowly encompassment.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

But nobody has blown away from the matter its brumous encompassment and let in the light upon it It is very simple.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

The encompassment of the fort was attempted, but it was impossible to force through the abatis and other obstacles under the destructive fire of the enemy.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count