Encircled

Word ENCIRCLED
Character 9
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Definitions and meanings of "Encircled"

What do we mean by encircled?

To surround, form a circle around.

To move or go around completely.

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The word "encircled" in example sentences

And I never found the envelope with my name encircled by a heart, revolving on that rack. ❋ Kay Allenbaugh (1999)

Just a few weeks later, August Benz & Cie did the same with their logo, the Benz name encircled by a wreath. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Elu of Fifteen ought therefore to take the lead of his fellow-citizen, not in frivolous amusements, not in the degrading pursuits of the ambitious vulgar; but in the truly noble task of enlightening the mass of his countrymen, and of leaving his own name encircled, not with barbaric splendor, or attached to courtly gewgaws, but illustrated by the honors most worthy of our rational nature; coupled with the diffusion of knowledge, and gratefully pronounced by a few, at least, whom his wise beneficence has rescued from ignorance and vice. ❋ Albert Pike (1850)

Barely mentioned except in passing is the Spanish Civil War, for example, where for three whole years between 1936 and 1939 Germany and Italy lent troops and weapons in a Fascist invasion of a sovereign European nation that had never threatened or "encircled" them in any way. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When Clinton mentioned Leipzig, Reagan the "encircled" City Hall where Kennedy spoke, and Kennedy himself the "defended island of freedom," their comments roused because they were grounded in political geography. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In defense, Dean's forces found -- and posted on the Web -- Clinton quotes that appeared to support their man's original point: that diplomacy is crucial if the world's only superpower is to avoid being "encircled" by resentful countries. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the town of St. Lo is ever gloriously lighted, for us, with a nimbus of young heads, such as encircled the earlier madonnas. ❋ Anna Bowman Dodd (N/A)

Without any prior notification and with compensations deals outstanding for families remaining there, around 200 police "encircled" the community in the middle of the night and were followed later in the morning by more than 300 workers with bulldozers, said Chan Saveth of the rights group Adhoc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To its east and southeast, it is "encircled" by American allies such as Japan, ❋ Unknown (2008)

Luxury hotels and tract housing with Italian fittings encircled and devoured farming villages in what amounted to a government-brokered land grab by real estate speculators wielding tax breaks. ❋ Deborah Baker (2011)

Just as is the case today in Homs and Hama in the Syrian hinterland, Ashrafieh was encircled, deprived of food and water, and pounded with heavy machine guns, artillery and tanks. ❋ Karim Anton Souaid (2011)

Ms. Spicuzza over the weekend defended the officers in public statements, saying the students had encircled the officers. ❋ Justin Scheck (2011)

The original figures encircled a fountain in the Yuanming Yuan garden outside Beijing. ❋ Reuters (2011)

Beyond I spy a quarter-acre lot of dry, cracked concrete surrounded by corroded objects— metal pipes, circular saw blades, rain gutters, weather vanes, industrial sinks, railroad ties and more, all encircled by rusting fence. ❋ Roger Weaver (2011)

It was spring and from the street out front, he could see the edges of the forsythia bushes that encircled the backyard. ❋ Melissa Corliss DeLorenzo (2011)

Several cordons of armed men, some in gray suits, encircled the cleric as his mostly male supporters struggled to catch a glimpse of the speaker. ❋ Sam Dagher (2011)

Poor Pakistan is the next on the US Target list - then they will have fully encircled Iran - then God - whichever one you chose to believe in - help us all..... ❋ Unknown (2011)

Officials in St. Petersburg, then, felt no less encircled in 1914 than Germany did, the author says, and those fears drove Russian policy during the July Crisis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is exhibiting Edward Kienholz's "Five Car Stud," a horrifying 1969-1972 installation that depicts a group of white men attacking a black man in the headlight glow of five encircled cars. ❋ Kelly Crow (2011)

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