walled

past tense of wall

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for walled
Verb
  • The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
    Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Piles of meat, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes surrounded the early risers.
    CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The lengthy delay to the funeral has raised questions about how Khamenei's remains have been preserved, as Islamic tradition, anaylsts say, generally calls for prompt burial and discourages chemical embalming.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rather than adapting the group’s concept for the Korean market, the team preserved its distinctly Japanese aesthetic by making only minor adjustments.
    Faye Bradley, Variety, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.
    Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Helsinki is buffered by more than 300 islands, and its harbor is always busy.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
  • Commitment to the greater good buffered the AI aversion.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • Any interesting chemical reactions enclosed there would eat through the raw materials and grind to a halt.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The project was set for Brownie Wise Park in Kissimmee, a serene 25-acre area purchased and conserved by the county for over a decade and popular for its walking trails.
    Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • This ancient developmental program, deeply conserved, can also be radically repurposed, as seen in the star-nosed mole's sensory tentacles.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • No, Costco warehouses will be closed in observance of Independence Day, according to the company.
    Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 July 2026
  • After Merritt Foods closed in 1991, Wells Dairy in Le Mars, Iowa — known as the ice cream capital of the world — acquired the recipe and branding.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The island had gone from farm and pasture in the nineteenth century to nature preserves and residential property in the twentieth, its silvery shingled homes encircled by forests and deer.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Today, the Green is encircled by Whitfield, Broad, Park and Boston streets.
    Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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