ringed
Example Sentences
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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
This week it was ringed by a fence emblazoned with the words “Empowering fresh starts together.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
He is sleeping, his head resting on the branch, and his bushy, ringed tail dangling beneath him.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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