ringed
Example Sentences
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It's a collection of tents ringed by mountain peaks, some still capped with snow – a place of beauty, and a target for Tehran.
From BBC
Population centers and major lines of communication are spread out within the interior of the country, beyond borders ringed by rugged mountain ranges, making enemy supply lines vulnerable to interdiction.
Many of the south of England ospreys are ringed but do not carry trackers, so the exact fate of those who are missing is unknown, he added.
From BBC
The pockmarked earth on Johannesburg's eastern fringe, until last week a humble cattle kraal ringed with barbed wire, now stands as the unlikely centre of South Africa's latest gold fever.
From Barron's
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
