encircle
verb (used with object)
to form a circle around; surround; encompass.
will encircle
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future tenseof encircle.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Scully’s vertical and horizontal stripes in rich colors will encircle the Hirshhorn’s second-level galleries.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2018
A well-armed security bubble will encircle much of downtown Washington by Inauguration Day, as almost 30,000 local, state and federal officials work to ensure that the transfer of power goes off without a hitch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2017
The apartments are either within the doughnut or in a new arc-shaped building that will encircle it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2016
His future stand of hardwoods, which will encircle his home as the years go by, will be more valuable than softwood plantings of pine or fir, he added.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2015
“So far we have come safely. Soon Sir Hugh’s men will encircle the town. By then we shall be in the church tower to give the signal for attack.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
