Sentence examples for around surely from inspiring English sources

The ensuing onside kick bounced around, surely given Michigan State fans indigestion, but the Spartans recovered to hold on.

Everybody likes having him around, surely because he never acts as if he knows very much, and all of us who admire his work realize that he knows almost everything.

ALTHOUGH this time around surely no one would have tried to prohibit Barack Obama from delivering a speech right in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the fact that his first trip to Germany as president is merely a fleeting visit to tranquil Baden-Baden and not a big spectacle in bustling Berlin has provoked no reaction worth mentioning in our country, either from politicians or the public.

There is much blame to go around; surely, though, the largest share goes to Mr. Obama.

But if you've been around, surely you know there are more things to be sad about: the compromises we made to stay in the city, the people who died doing what we do, who we stayed up with for days with, whose names embarrassingly escape us right when we want to tell a good story.

The Greeks did suggest avoiding sex and walking around naked (surely counter-productive?) to slim down.

She defamiliarises the things around us – surely one of the jobs of all art – and the associations proliferate.

You may forgive scientists for not being able to keep track of species that can move around, but surely sedentary species such as plants are easier to study?

They are motivated by the desire to improve the world around them, surely the sort of attitude you want in your politicians?

The most dangerous-looking safe toy around must surely be the Geospace Pump Rocket, which shoots a forty-inch-long projectile up to a hundred and fifty feet in the air and appears to belong to North Korea.

One of the most gifted writers around must surely be Linda Newbery, and Lob (David Fickling, £10.99), her latest novel for younger readers, is the kind of book that will inspire in children a deep love of nature, and in adults a yearning for the wonderment of childhood.