Examples of encircle in a Sentence
A crowd of reporters encircled the mayor.
communication satellites encircling the earth
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By Friday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Israeli tanks now encircle the coastal city from north, south and east.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
The move would allow Israel to encircle Palestinian population centers, further undermining the viability of a contiguous Palestinian state.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Israeli tanks now encircle the coastal city from north, south and east.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
The move would allow Israel to encircle Palestinian population centers, further undermining the viability of a contiguous Palestinian state.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for encircle
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“Encircle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/encircle. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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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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