Sentence examples for circling something from inspiring English sources

At sunset, he would goad his nag up the trail of a hill to watch the sinking rays cut across the cliff walls of a distant canyon, the ponderous flecks of vultures lagging in the thermals, circling something dying unseen on the canyon floor. . . .

(Though maybe it wouldn't have the fifty vultures, circling something I couldn't quite see, behind the building).

Lakeland PD noted on FB that it had received calls in previous days about stray clothing floating in the lake, an aggressive alligator by the Lake Hunter boat ramp, and a sighting of an alligator circling something large -- but it was not immediately clear whether those reports were related.

She was circling around something we could not see, a glass full of red wine in her hand.

I call that a virtuous circle – something which is, by definition, holistic.

Hearst owes Circle something as retribution for Maine Monument, for erection of which newspaper campaigns were responsible.

Aleksei V. Makarkin, of the Center for Political Technologies in Moscow, said the race had raised the specter of a political split within government and business circles, something that the Kremlin fears greatly.

In climate change, a feedback loop is the equivalent of a vicious or virtuous circle – something that accelerates or decelerates a warming trend.

To persuade them otherwise would require real arrests and purges within the Kremlin's inner circle, something Mr Putin has so far resisted for fear of provoking a revolt.

And the presence of actively engaged men was another sign of what seems to have been new and transformative this year – which is key, because changing the world for women means changing what is acceptable and admirable among men, where misogynist behaviour has long been, in some circles, something to boast about.

The image is overlaid and repeated at least three times, a device that makes the lens of the camera into a series of interlocking circles, something that can be seen more clearly in the portrait version, and produces interesting framing effects throughout.