surrounding

Example Sentences

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“In pursuit of perfect vision,” he concludes, “I had overlooked much in the visual matrix surrounding me every day.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The images showed babies with towels and multiple muslins surrounding the infants' heads and faces.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Tonight, the women are gathered in Anna Sokol’s kitchen, surrounding an oven-roasted duck stuffed with apples.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The crux of the outrage surrounding Fennell’s film stemmed largely from the fact that she refused to rename her relatively loose, aesthetic-minded adaptation with a title that didn’t directly reference Emily Brontë’s novel.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

I told her about the pretty lady and her superstitious beliefs surrounding her brother’s opal ring.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan