Sentence examples for encircle from inspiring English sources
"encircle" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it whenever you want to describe someone or something that is surrounded by something else, like a fence or a wall. For example: The old castle had a high stone wall encircling it.
This arena was the scene of Bayern nightmares last May, when Chelsea pipped them to Europe's most glittering crown and, suddenly, the demons of the past threatened to encircle them.
The rolling farmlands that encircle Ipswich are destined to become as synonymous with tragedy as Saddleworth Moor.
They are also the most basic instruments of government.Nor will Mr Sharon withdraw to the positions Israel occupied before the invasions, but to newly-created "buffer zones" that will encircle each Palestinian area, allowing the army to enter at will.
Just south of the plain lies the age-old Olduvai Gorge, near where two-legged hominids left footprints in the ash some 3.6m years ago aeons before their descendant, Homo sapiens, marched out of Africa to encircle the planet.
The heavily immigrant banlieues that encircle French towns are steeped in unemployment, gang violence and rage.
This, to Indian strategists, is the "string of pearls" strategy designed to encircle their country.
To his credit, Mr Obama has sought to lower tensions over Taiwan and made it clear that he does not want to contain China (far less encircle it as Chinese nationalists fear).
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