surrounded

verb

past tense of surround
as in encircled
to form a circle around she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal

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Recent Examples of surrounded Guests have exclusive access to the top-deck Sanctuary Club, which features a freshwater pool surrounded by comfy lounge chairs and private cabanas. — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026 Photos from the trip showed the Black teen surrounded by White friends, though at least one other Black friend was also on the trip. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 July 2026 It remained surrounded by cameras and fenced off from the public. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 22 July 2026 Here, a soaring, nearly 60-foot-long living room topped with a large oval gallery is surrounded by walls of glass overlooking the curving coastline. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 July 2026 Maduro, 63, and Flores, 69, appeared separately at the defense table during the roughly 15-minute hearing, surrounded by their attorneys and wearing tan prison uniforms. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026 Novella was designed to blend in with the library and being surrounded by book by having an outdoorsy, camp aesthetic. — Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026 Videos shared on social media show one of the injured was left incapacitated on the floor, surrounded by insulation. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2026 Multiple officers surrounded the Range Rover and took the suspect into custody, according to the report. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounded
  1. encircled
  2. circled
  3. encompassed
  4. ringed
  5. embraced
Verb
  • Ferguson’s ring features a central ruby encircled by diamonds that resemble flower petals.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026
  • In the 1940s, the Queen switched rings, and began wearing a ladylike large pearl, encircled with diamonds.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • During the group stage, the team from tiny Curaçao, after a 7-1 loss to Germany, circled in prayer on the pitch.
    — the Monitor’s Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026
  • While Babcock never coached in Columbus, many will probably have this date circled.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of circled
Verb
  • First quarters for offenses typically are encompassed by a set of 15 or so plays that are scripted to begin a game.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The warning also encompassed the Santa Barbara south coast and mountains, where sundowner winds could gust to 35 to 50 mph and bring temperatures into the 90s along the coast and the triple digits in the foothills, according to the weather service.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • Other area Costco stores are ringed around the suburbs, ten-plus miles from the urban core.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Even Kerameikos, the ancient necropolis Thucydides called the city’s most beautiful quarter, comes ringed not with tour buses but with the kind of neighborhood tables—Osteria Mamma, Proveleggios—that locals keep to themselves.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • One theory is that English and European voices provide an air of authority, even legitimacy, to a sport which, while embraced by millions in America, is still ‘foreign’, certainly when compared to NFL, baseball and basketball.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Home makeover shows dominated TV, house-flipping became a booming business, and first-time buyers embraced the idea of trading sweat equity for a lower purchase price.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of embraced

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