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 At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026 Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Patterson had always worked from the sideline, but he also was always surrounded by staff members who knew his system well. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 The property overlooks the Sandy River and is surrounded by Douglas fir and cedar trees. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 Todd Snider, sickly skinny and confused, sat on a bench surrounded by police and a few uniformed members of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 You’re surrounded by some of the city’s most important historical landmarks—but the history tucked away within the hotel is just as fascinating as everything that surrounds it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 In a screenshot from the video, Schmidt holds a microphone in one hand with the other arm lifted, surrounded by others making the same gesture. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounded
  1. encircled
  2. circled
  3. encompassed
  4. ringed
  5. embraced
Verb
  • On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • Flight data shows the plane turned around over Ireland and circled for a few hours, apparently to burn off fuel.
    — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, Schwab took a pitch right on the play and pulled up to throw as Drew circled out of the pocket to the left.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of circled
Verb
  • Its retrospective past tense of course could not have encompassed these very latest aesthetic and cultural features of late America, and in that interim the very past this timely book studies has already become a more foreign country.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Eva Marie Saint was considered a silver screen legend, even though her 60 years in Hollywood encompassed just 22 theatrical features.
    — Gary Susman, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The lunar reactors would likely be ringed by no-go zones to reduce radiation risk for astronauts and machines, experts said.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • The architects, some of whose work critics dismissed as better suited to Disneyland than the city, embraced the chance to apply their visual style to consumer products.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Does being embraced by the Nashville industry feel like a reasonable goal?
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of embraced

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“Surrounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrounded. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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