ringed

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

Leonard said ringed plovers were among the island's "schedule one protected species", meaning disturbing them at the nest is an offence under the island's Wildlife Act.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

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 • Mar. 13, 2026

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 • Feb. 16, 2026

I am horrified by my own impulse to bend my knee to him, my own desire to let him touch my head with a ringed hand.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black