had encompassed
- past perfect of encompass.
Example Sentences
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I watched part of the trial with my mother, who spent many years as a marital and family therapist and whose clients had encompassed both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2022
Even though the Hart and Risley study had encompassed just a few dozen families, the transcribing and coding of all those tapes had been laborious.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 5, 2015
Great peril had encompassed me ere now, but never had it grasped me as this did, and paralyzed all the powers of my body.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Encountering even that Bhishma who, single-handed, had encompassed the Pandava army with a cloud of shafts, the Pancalas did not turn away their faces from him.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
“There, they are surrounding the grove,” said Tom, as the men and boys spread out from the centre till they had encompassed Bruin’s leafy retreat.
From The Cabin on the Prairie by Pearson, C. H. (Charles Henry)
