How do you use Encircle in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like circle or gird, plus the exact meaning.
Encircle meaning
- To surround, form a circle around.
- To move or go around completely.
Synonyms of Encircle
Using Encircle
- The main meaning on this page is: To surround, form a circle around. | To move or go around completely.
- Useful related words include: circle, gird, form, shape.
- In the example corpus, encircle often appears in combinations such as: to encircle, encircle the, and encircle.
Context around Encircle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Encircle
- In this selection, "encircle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dancers, cities, sharks, russian, kyiv and milwaukee stand out and add context to how "encircle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include area and encircle kyiv s and attempt to encircle the capital. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "encircle" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and accountancy, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with encircle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their tactic was to bypass large cities, encircle them and move on. (12 words)
Does the EU propose to encircle the entire Italian coastline in fences and walls? (14 words)
The dancers encircle us, stomping and clapping to the music I cannot hear now. (14 words)
After hunting together to roust the grouper from its hiding place in the reef, the sharks encircle it, but then compete for the spoils – only a few sharks will have a part of the catch and most of them will remain unfed for several nights. (45 words)
Why don't they just invade Mexico and hire all the Mexicans to keep everybody else in line by building walls all over the place to encircle the rich and upper middle class gated communities like they do in Mexico and other shiathole countries? (44 words)
In this photo taken on April 2, 2022, bodies of some 20 men lie on Yablunska Street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, after the Russian army pulled back from the city following a failed attempt to encircle the capital. (39 words)
Does the EU propose to encircle the entire Italian coastline in fences and walls? (14 words)
Why don't they just invade Mexico and hire all the Mexicans to keep everybody else in line by building walls all over the place to encircle the rich and upper middle class gated communities like they do in Mexico and other shiathole countries? (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
Despite bombing, shelling and trying to encircle the city since the summer, Russia’s forces have not conquered it.
Does the EU propose to encircle the entire Italian coastline in fences and walls?
Fighting has focused for months around the Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut in eastern Donetsk province, a city with a pre-war population of about 75,000, which Russia has been trying to encircle.
For those not aware, the company operates a constellation of satellites that encircle the globe.
In this photo taken on April 2, 2022, bodies of some 20 men lie on Yablunska Street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, after the Russian army pulled back from the city following a failed attempt to encircle the capital.
The British defence ministry stated that has made “small advances” in its quest to encircle the city but military analysts claim Bakhmut is close to a tipping point.
The dancers encircle us, stomping and clapping to the music I cannot hear now.
Their tactic was to bypass large cities, encircle them and move on.
The optimal strategy for these enemies is to encircle the entire group with a single Cyloop or hit them once and hold down the Cyloop button to do a quick Cyloop.
Three months of intense fighting finally wore down Russian forces in Andriivka, a tiny patch along the sprawling front, allowing ’s 3rd Assault Brigade to make a lightning move to encircle Russian forces.
And then it was time for the crowd to encircle the maypole, standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
Moscow's troops were trying to counterattack in the area and encircle Kyiv's forces, but those attempts were being repelled, he added.
The halls of the Supreme Court are as majestic as they are imposing – from the soaring marble columns that bolster its façade to the heavy velvet drapes that encircle the justices’ chambers.
Trump earlier wrote on his Truth Social platform that the United States should "not get involved" in the situation in Syria, where fast-moving rebel forces say they have begun to encircle the capital Damascus.
After hunting together to roust the grouper from its hiding place in the reef, the sharks encircle it, but then compete for the spoils – only a few sharks will have a part of the catch and most of them will remain unfed for several nights.
But there were signs throughout the year that Biden made some inroads in the so-called “WOW” counties that encircle Milwaukee: Washington, Ozaukee and Waukesha.
Doing so would cut Beiping off from the rest of the Guomindang-controlled areas in the south and encircle the Chinese forces.
The US is planning to encircle China from all sides for that the cooperation of the big Asian players like India, Japan and Russia are crucial.
Through the calculations, the astrologer of Trusted Teller establishes the planetary positions, stars, and other celestial bodies that encircle a person's life.
Why don't they just invade Mexico and hire all the Mexicans to keep everybody else in line by building walls all over the place to encircle the rich and upper middle class gated communities like they do in Mexico and other shiathole countries?
Common combinations with encircle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to encircle 26×
- encircle the 22×
- and encircle 7×
- that encircle 4×
- encircle them 3×
- would encircle 3×
- encircle jerusalem 3×
- dancers encircle 2×
- encircle it 2×
- encircle china 2×