Surround is an English word with synonyms like environment or bear. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Surround in a sentence
Related words
Surround meaning
- To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
Synonyms of Surround
Using Surround
- The main meaning on this page is: To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. | To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape. | To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- Useful related words include: environment, bear, hold, ring.
- In the example corpus, surround often appears in combinations such as: surround the, surround sound, that surround.
Context around Surround
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Surround
- In this selection, "surround" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, degree, towers, classrooms, sound, yourself and himself stand out and add context to how "surround" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include who you surround yourself with, 360 degree surround sound system and surround sound. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "surround" sits close to words such as annoying, chill and crystals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with surround
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Choose wisely those you surround yourself with. (7 words)
As Chris Bellinger sees it, Web3 activations can bring a “surround sound” effect to brands. (15 words)
Classrooms surround a “living room” at the Neal Math and Science Academy where students and teachers can work and collaborate. (20 words)
But she proves that, no matter how she may seem to others, she’s a smart woman that not only lives up to her job’s demands — who also irradiates joy and kindness to those who surround her, regardless of how shallow and cold they intend to be. (48 words)
And they made the choice seem like a symbol — a sign, perhaps, of Mrs. Trump’s historic ambivalence toward the role of first lady and her reluctance to play to the expectations that surround it, as well as her husband’s norm-trampling tendencies. (44 words)
One of the only things you control is who you surround yourself with, and not just who you surround yourself with, but exactly what kind of people they are, I think and WeWork, we’re surrounded by very smart people. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of the only things you control is who you surround yourself with, and not just who you surround yourself with, but exactly what kind of people they are, I think and WeWork, we’re surrounded by very smart people.
This headset also has its own 360-degree surround sound system, which makes use of a compatible game’s 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound signal.
Yes, AirPods now support 7.1 surround sound, in addition to the 5.1 surround sound and Dolby Atmos that were previously supported.
Calling the sixth speaker a “back surround” or “surround back” speaker, while technically an accurate description, ended up being just plain confusing.
Bolylev describes that by the end of the exercise the "Eastern" forces did not manage to surround and destroy the "Western" forces, which, in their turn, threatened to surround the "Eastern" forces themselves.
And they made the choice seem like a symbol — a sign, perhaps, of Mrs. Trump’s historic ambivalence toward the role of first lady and her reluctance to play to the expectations that surround it, as well as her husband’s norm-trampling tendencies.
An MRI later showed that Dance had torn his rotator cuff, the muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint and keep the upper arm bone in the socket.
Another beloved place for book lovers in the region, the store is located next to the cathedral, and it can feel to step back in time wandering around the historic buildings that surround the store.
A person — who believes in the supremacy of his sophisticated mind and still does not use the internet — has ascended so much over those who surround him, that he simply stopped even considering their opinions.
As Chris Bellinger sees it, Web3 activations can bring a “surround sound” effect to brands.
As number two, Montero’s appointment is viewed as an attempt by Sanchez to surround himself with loyalists where his coalition with Sumar does not give them an overall majority in Congress.
Autism, which spreads over a spectrum of symptoms, manifests itself in the way some people communicate and interact with people and the world that surround them.
Both sides claimed success in the small administrative centre of apartment towers surround by flat fields, a short distance from the strategic prize of the village of Pavlivka.
But she proves that, no matter how she may seem to others, she’s a smart woman that not only lives up to her job’s demands — who also irradiates joy and kindness to those who surround her, regardless of how shallow and cold they intend to be.
Careers are short, which I understand, but if you pay a QB so much, you can’t pay for quality players to surround him.
Choose wisely those you surround yourself with.
Classrooms surround a “living room” at the Neal Math and Science Academy where students and teachers can work and collaborate.
Commander Jessica Steele finds herself caught in a web of intrigue as the legacies of the totalitarian past surround her.
Concerns surround the 250,000 electricity teleswitch meters fitted across which allows suppliers to turn large numbers of households to budget energy tariffs.
Connor has always been Succession's black sheep, but season 4 is finally revealing the mysterious events that surround Connor's mother.
Phrases with surround
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with surround
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: