How to Use encircle in a Sentence

encircle

verb
  • A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
  • The elastic bands of the sheet should now be encircling your hand.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Israeli tanks now encircle the coastal city from north, south and east.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Just beyond this mess, a chain-link fence encircled the site of the lodge.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The cuff needs to encircle your upper arm to get a good reading.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
  • And then encircle the plant with a small soil berm to hold water in the future.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The state encircled much of the island with rock to halt erosion.
    — Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2017
  • In the moment before his arms encircled me, there seemed to be no choice.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Two feet of wire then form the fence and 2 feet lie on the ground, encircling your garden.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • The stairs wrapped around the walls of the spire, encircling the great chandelier at the top.
    — Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 31 Oct. 2015
  • Made of thin brass, the ring’s crown includes more than two dozen small seed pearls that encircle a plate of beveled glass.
    — Stuart Sanders, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2019
  • The two of them share a lagoon and are encircled by one barrier reef.
    — Maggie Shipstead, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Pink ribbons now encircle every post and sign as a gesture to our loss.
    — Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Cleveland is encircled by calming green spaces, and some are in the heart of the city, too.
    — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Seining is a type of fishing in which a large net is deployed around a school of fish, encircling it.
    — Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2018
  • More vine designs encircle one wrist and finger.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The second bomb erupted in the sand nearby, encircling him in smoke.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 2 June 2025
  • Swarovski crystals were used to make three bows that encircle the neckline, bodice and waist.
    — Belathée, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The plaza is encircled by a low wall with notches that offer framed views of the Sun on key days.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The encircling orangerie brings the outside in through the seasons, with trees in zinc planters.
    — Howard Christian, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
  • Scherr’s teammates encircled her until trainers were able to get to her.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The living area was encircled with a band of white wall, to contrast with the rough wood floors and ceiling.
    — Celia Barbour, ELLE Decor, 28 June 2017
  • Stores and restaurants encircle the base, and lush green vines spill through openings in the structure.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Dark skin encircled the woman’s eyes, and her skin had the pallor of someone who had been sick for a long time.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The over 90-mile pathway encircles the city, passing through over a dozen parks.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The gravest risk for Ukrainian forces is that they would be encircled, trapped and killed in large numbers.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Russian forces are entrenched on the eastern edge of the city and are seeking to encircle it.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The gravest risk for Ukrainian forces is that they would be encircled, trapped, and killed in large numbers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Another 2 inches should stick out of the soil and encircle the plants.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The red or purple-black double petals encircle gold stamens.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025

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