circumambulates

present tense third-person singular of circumambulate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulates
Verb
  • The Rock Creek Loop traverses approximately seven miles of ravines, creeks, subtropical forest, and small footbridges.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Lake-effect snow is anticipated as cold air traverses the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes, with several inches of accumulation and hazardous travel possible, especially near Lakes Erie and Ontario.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Nearby, a man crosses the street in what could be the ghastly heart of an endless New York summer.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The trail stays level early on and crosses the road a couple of times before descending through a grove of Arizona cypress to a shallow drainage.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Circumambulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumambulates. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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