The phrase "are bound around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is encircled or surrounded by something else, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The old tree was bound around with thick vines, giving it a mystical appearance."
Alternatives: "are wrapped around" or "are encircled by".
But these scarves were bound around arms or legs, or drawn across the face for a bandit look.
The three popular models make distinctive fashion statements summed up by their names: Bent Up, Snap Brim and the Clergy, which lacks a crease in the crown and is bound around the brim.
A blood-soaked strip of bed sheet, administered by Ali, was bound around his left wrist.
A blood-soaked strip of bed sheet, admin- istered by Ali, was bound around his left wrist.
Your father (Col. Armistead) declared that no one but the maker of the flag should mend it, and requested that the rents should merely be bound around.
Following this, the king was given a spear, and a diadem wrought of silk or linen (not to be confused with a crown) was bound around his forehead as a token of regal authority.
Some analysts say that commodities have sold off so steeply that they are bound to turn around and resume the bull market that was spurred by growing demand from emerging middle classes in the developing world.
And, just like actual smoking – hot smoking, as the vapists call it – all sorts of neologisms are bound to spring up around e-cigarettes.
Deep-seated attitudes are bound to hang around.At the same time, passengers have also got used to the company treating them in a dismissive way.
They are bound by chains around their ankles, deprived of adequate food, given salty drinking water and tortured using extreme methods including branding, electric shocks and "whipping rituals", in order to force friends and families abroad, who are contacted by satellite telephone as the torture is occurring, to make these payments.
