encircle
verb (used with object)
to form a circle around; surround; encompass.
is encircling
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present progressiveof encircle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“What’s happening on the hip-drop is the defender is encircling tackling the runner and then swinging their weight and falling on the side of their leg, which is their ankle or their knee,” McKay said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Biden will unveil his strategy as the new variant, known as omicron, is encircling the globe.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
"Tita! what are you doing?" cries Margaret, laying a sudden hand upon the white sash that is encircling Lady Rylton's waist.
From The Hoyden by Duchess
Then the seams of the ruff she has carefully plaited and folded, Which with modest grace, her chin so round is encircling.
From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Edgar Alfred Bowring
