Examples of encircle in a Sentence
A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
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Under starlight, the flames encircled Fort King.
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Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s real, sweat-inducing tension to scenes where Esther, alone at home with her children, is encircled and menaced by mobs of men preying on the easiest of targets.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
Instead, a bright ring of sunlight encircles the moon's silhouette, often called a 'ring of fire'.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Strands of endoplasmic reticulum encircle a nucleus that floats in the center like a raft.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s real, sweat-inducing tension to scenes where Esther, alone at home with her children, is encircled and menaced by mobs of men preying on the easiest of targets.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026
Instead, a bright ring of sunlight encircles the moon's silhouette, often called a 'ring of fire'.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Strands of endoplasmic reticulum encircle a nucleus that floats in the center like a raft.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encircle. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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encircle
verb
en·cir·cle
in-ˈsər-kəl 
1
: to form a circle around : surround
2
: to go completely around
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