Thesaurus results for RINGED

ringed

verb

Definition of ringed

past tense of ring

as in surrounded

to form a circle around tall cypress trees ringing the park

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as in circled

to travel completely around the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ringed The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Enjoy the vistas outside on the private terrace or by the striking pool, located down a series of stone steps and ringed by umbrellas and sun loungers. — Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026 This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale. — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The lunar reactors would likely be ringed by no-go zones to reduce radiation risk for astronauts and machines, experts said. — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Outside a rehearsal space in this city ringed by mountains, opera singer Michael Kuhn was practicing fly casting. — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026 If your glasses always come out of the dishwasher looking cloudy or your faucets are ringed with white residue, hard water could be the reason. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Standard galactic black holes are ringed by a thick doughnut of gas and dust, which can block most X-rays. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ringed

Verb

It was surrounded by flowers and other tributes left by fans.

— Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrounded

Verb

Fittingly, the presentation featured models walking a path that circled around 10 horses inside a riding hall in the Bois de Boulogne.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
In Paris on Monday night, a police helicopter circled over Place de la Republique overnight, a central point in the weekend clashes, sweeping the square with a searchlight to check that the curfew was being observed.

— Tom Nouvian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of circled

Verb

On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of encircled

Verb

Some dwarf stars are small, dim stars that can be orbited by other dwarf stars or planets.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Ellison revealed a logo menu that had Skydance front and center and large, orbited by tiny icons for brands like Warners and Paramount (along with CBS, HBO Max, DC, CNN and, perhaps just to balance out the graphic, Nickelodeon).

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of orbited

Verb

Zachary Jackson, aka Zack Jack, is a social media food critic who has traversed the Chicago suburban area reviewing the restaurants that often get overlooked by traditional media critics.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
His words are measured, but filled with the clarity and perspective of an artist who has traversed multiple eras, with the gravitas to show for it.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026