verb
Other Word Forms
- encirclement noun
- encircling adjective
- unencircled adjective
Etymology
Origin of encircle
Example Sentences
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The Advance was encircled by ice floes in Smith Sound north of Baffin Bay.
From Literature
But he grinned a very big grin anyway, because in a short while, he would be encircled by his friends, telling them an interesting story and eating blackberry Snow Delights.
From Literature
Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's
Instead of being on a wooden post, it was on a brick column; at the top, the bricks encircled the entire box in a graceful arc.
From Literature
The “spiritual alchemist” who turns her San Antonio home into what looks like the HQ of a drug cartel by encircling the place with an 8-foot concrete wall.
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