Explore Circumnavigating through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Circumnavigating in a sentence
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Circumnavigating meaning
present participle and gerund of circumnavigate
Using Circumnavigating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of circumnavigate
- In the example corpus, circumnavigating often appears in combinations such as: circumnavigating the, by circumnavigating.
Context around Circumnavigating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Circumnavigating
- In this selection, "circumnavigating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, years, 2011, earth, cape, lakes and africa stand out and add context to how "circumnavigating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include athens by circumnavigating cape sounion and for pleasure circumnavigating the world. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "circumnavigating" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with circumnavigating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Total shoreline including tributaries is convert, circumnavigating a surface area of convert. (12 words)
The crew then aim to complete a lap of planet earth, circumnavigating the globe powered by the sun. (18 words)
He ended his military career with the 435 Air Squadron, out of Edmonton, where he spent many years circumnavigating the globe in his beloved Hercules Aircraft. (26 words)
It was not until Prince Henry the Navigator began in 1418 to encourage the penetration of the torrid zone in the effort to reach India by circumnavigating Africa that European exploration of the southern hemisphere began. (36 words)
Furthermore, the fear of being low on supplies by the end of the campaigning season, drove the Persians to attempt the surprise attack on Athens by circumnavigating cape Sounion with half of their army. (34 words)
His objective was nothing less than to complete the exploration and mapping of the central African lakes and rivers, in the process circumnavigating Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and locating the source of the Nile. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
He ended his military career with the 435 Air Squadron, out of Edmonton, where he spent many years circumnavigating the globe in his beloved Hercules Aircraft.
However the ban was not on slot machines, but on cards, so as a way of circumnavigating the ban, manufacturers of the Liberty Bell changed pictures of playing cards to fruits or candies.
In 2011, circumnavigating the ban on journalists, she crossed into Syria, and her resulting play, The Fear of Breathing, is based entirely on her interviews with protesters, soldiers, activists, and citizens.
The crew then aim to complete a lap of planet earth, circumnavigating the globe powered by the sun.
Furthermore, the fear of being low on supplies by the end of the campaigning season, drove the Persians to attempt the surprise attack on Athens by circumnavigating cape Sounion with half of their army.
His objective was nothing less than to complete the exploration and mapping of the central African lakes and rivers, in the process circumnavigating Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika and locating the source of the Nile.
It was not until Prince Henry the Navigator began in 1418 to encourage the penetration of the torrid zone in the effort to reach India by circumnavigating Africa that European exploration of the southern hemisphere began.
The Canadian-American Joshua Slocum was one of the first people to carry out a long-distance sailing voyage for pleasure, circumnavigating the world between 1895 and 1898.
Total shoreline including tributaries is convert, circumnavigating a surface area of convert.
Common combinations with circumnavigating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- circumnavigating the 5×
- by circumnavigating 2×