Example Sentences

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Behind the Holms’ house, two miles from downtown Louisville, the deck looks over a large trampoline, girdled with a safety net.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Temujin girdled his sworn friend Jamukha with the golden belt taken as loot from Toqto’a of the Merkit.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Individual ash can also be girdled to make a so-called trap tree: the bark is removed all the way around the trunk, drawing borers in the vicinity with the promise of exposed sapwood.

From The Verge • Nov. 25, 2019

Undesirable tree species and invasive vegetation were carefully managed, meaning they were cut, girdled, or treated with herbicide.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

A necklace, its square blue sapphires girdled by glittering diamonds coated in dust, except where a few fingerprints allowed the light to strike through.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee