Sentence examples for completely encircle from inspiring English sources

The cold war heated up and in 1961 the Soviets built the Wall to completely encircle the western sectors.

The most troubled Pashtun districts almost completely encircle the city and have become home to radical seminaries, a proportion of whose students are likely to go on to become foot soldiers and bombers.

Because dips were seen only in some studies and never symmetrically on both sides of the planet, scientists concluded that any rings present do not completely encircle Neptune but instead have the form of partial rings, or ring arcs.

Two seamless compound curve screens, each 187 feet wide and 40 feet high, completely encircle the tram cars, putting guests at the center of the action projected on what is the equivalent of 16 movie-theater screens.

P.T., who's hugging my thighs without being able to completely encircle them, as if I were some kind of giant baobab tree, yells at the guy, "Do you have super powers?" But the guy points at his ear again, as if he were deaf, and shouts, "I'm sick of it!

Although some bays have continuous elevated rims, the rims do not usually completely encircle the bays but often form a crescent.

The road, leading to a new train station outside the city of Wenling, was completed anyway — completely encircling the Luo house in a strange, bulging loop of tarmac.

Boxes completely encircled some sculptures, like one of a crouching Aphrodite from the third century B.C.

Display tables completely encircled the room, leaving only a narrow gap for entry.

"The civilian population in Sarajevo was virtually completely encircled... [they were] trapped".

The island is almost completely encircled by a reef, creating a lagoon and stunning beaches.