Encircling

The late Mr. Larrabbee's name was still printed on millions of bright labels encircling cubes of tobacco, now manufactured by a Trust. ❋ Winston Churchill (1909)

The left, facing to the south and southwest, beginning just above Dover, on the point of a ridge extending nearly to the river between the two small brooks, continued out from the river along this ridge to its western extremity, and thence across the valley of the small curved stream described as encircling ❋ Unknown (1861)

These reefs, however, vary in construction; some are called encircling reefs, when they appear at a distance from the shore, and a lagoon intervenes; others are called fringing reefs, which are joined to the land, and extend out from it without any lagoon. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Such reefs as these are called "encircling" when they surround an island; and "barrier" reefs, when they stretch parallel with the coast of a continent. ❋ Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (1909)

The German newspapers were full of talk about the British policy of 'encircling' Germany in order to attack and destroy her, which they attributed mainly to ❋ Ramsay Muir (1906)

True, the German Press sought to represent those efforts as directed towards the "encircling" (_Einkreisung_) of Germany. ❋ John Holland Rose (1898)

In a political document yet to be made public, they also claimed the US was "encircling" China through India and suggested that Nepal should adopt a policy of equi-distance with New Delhi and Beijing taking into consideration the geopolitical situation, The Kathmandu Post reported. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Vladimir Putin concerning the "encircling" of his country by aggressive titans like Estonia and Kosovo and Georgia, still it does contain a truth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

make sure that , if and when you do decide to go, you secure a seat close enough to observe closely the occupants of the first four rows 'encircling' the ring ❋ Peter Rozovsky (2010)

The garters encircling her stomach and chest, the strap stretching across the smooth flesh of her buttock to tug on her stocking, even the way her arms are folded across her face as if to stop her own mouth, all bring to mind the image of a woman bound. ❋ Larissa Archer (2012)

But unlike in the U.S., Mexican fleets catch tuna by locating and encircling dolphins, with which yellow-fin tuna often swim. ❋ Jean Guerrero (2011)

Rose eases her grip, her fingers dancing down to play with his balls, to stroke and lightly tickle, to cup and play, then encircling him once more. ❋ Amberfocus (2009)

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is located on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

ryan: hey [ken], are you the shortest guy on encircling? lol KenKill75: fuck you, [aussie] fag ryan: hey, as long as you're down there lol Kenkill75: [STFU and GTFO] ryan: lololololo ❋ Www.encircling.us (2006)

while I was [visiting] with [my neighbor], I became encircled with [smoke]. ❋ Bryanna (2005)