How to Use circulate in a Sentence

circulate

verb

• Steam circulates in the pipes.
• Blood circulates through the body.
• A pump circulates the water through the filter.
• The report circulated among the students.
• She circulated among her guests.
• He is circulating a petition asking for a new election.
• Rumors are circulating around town.
• Stories were circulated about mismanagement.
• If they're blocked, the heat won't be able to circulate.
  — Erin Huffstetler, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
• So the pools need pumps to circulate water and cool off the rods.
  — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
• When blood doesn't circulate well, wounds heal slowly or not at all.
  — Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• High-net-worth clients do not want floor plans circulating.
  — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
• The holes in the rack allow air to circulate, which will keep the beans crisp for longer.
  — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
• The whoosh of blood circulating around my skull.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
• Plus, too much mulch piled high around the trunk means there's less air flow circulating in the soil.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
• Those rumors have been circulating in some form now for months.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
• Along with keeping your pup cool, the fan also helps to circulate stale air in your car.
  — Stephanie Perry, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2021
• This lets air circulate around the onions and prevents rot from spreading from one onion to the next.
  — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
• The heat will better circulate throughout your home that way.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• Cholesterol and triglycerides are fats that circulate in the blood.
  — James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• This means your heart doesn’t have to work as hard to circulate oxygen-rich blood throughout your body.
  — Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
• Be sure there is ventilation along the top of the cone so air can circulate.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
• Keeping a window open at night can also help cool your room and circulate the air.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 24 July 2022
• So have some of the unfounded rumors about it that circulate in many parts of the world.
  — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
• The secret is to place the meat loaves on a baking sheet, which lets the hot air circulate all around the meat.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021
• The shape of the bowl also helps steam circulate inside to help the cooking process.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2021
• Get the carcass off the ground so that air can circulate completely around it.
  — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
• Lymph is a fluid that exists in vessels that circulate around the body.
  — Emily Burns, ELLE, 27 Sep. 2022
• Open cabinet doors below sinks to let warm air circulate around the pipes.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2022
• But how well will these new vaccines match the variants that circulate further down the line?
  — Adam Kucharski, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2022