Example Sentences

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Encircled since the early days of Russia's five-week-old invasion, Mariupol has been Moscow's main target in the southeastern region of Donbas.

From Reuters • Apr. 2, 2022

Encircled by a chain-link fence, the park’s southern half was clear of the tents that had once crowded its eastern edge.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2021

Encircled by loudspeakers, they played “The Violin,” the Anna Clyne work for which the program was titled.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2013

A detail from Women Encircled by the Flight of a Bird, 1941.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2011

Encircled in his family’s embrace, Frank thought of the boy.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman