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ringed

[ringd] / rɪŋd /








ADJECTIVE
surrounded
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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A courtyard ringed by a brick wall anchors the buildings, and neighbors are invited to paint on it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

To partake of the forbidden apple cake—and who could resist it?—is to know that joy is always ringed by sorrow, and made sweeter for it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Austrian ski legend Franz Klammer were keen onlookers as a crowd of thousands ringed the finish area.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

From far off, it looks like hundreds of beetles ringed around a single dome of light.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez