Noun
She drew a circle around the correct answer.
We formed a circle around the campfire.
He looked old and tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
She has a large circle of friends.
She is well-known in banking circles. Verb
He circled his arms around his wife's waist.
His arms circled around his wife's waist.
She circled the correct answer.
The pilot circled the airport before landing.
The halfback circled to the left.
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Noun
As Tim Ream stood on the ball just on the top of the center circle in his own half, however, the crowd in Austin started to chant.—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Roll dough into a 12-inch circle (about 1/8 inch thick) on a flour surface.—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
Before basketball games, Sister Jean circled the team around her for a pregame prayer in the tunnel, the players looming over her petite 5-foot frame.—Shannon Ryan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Yet, as Team Ellison circles, the quick-footed WBD CEO supposedly has attracted the interest of Amazon and Netflix as potential buyers – or at least that’s the word on Warner Boulevard.—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circle
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English cercle, from Anglo-French, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus circle, circus, from or akin to Greek krikos, kirkos ring; akin to Old English hring ring — more at ring
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