Circling

Examples

• Wilbur Wright led in a cheer to those circling above. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I did not waste time in circling the great board--with a single leap I cleared table and diners and sprang upon the balcony beyond. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The noise of their motors filled all the high sky and looking up he saw their pursuit, minute and tiny, circling and wheeling high above them. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The machine was released, and away he went, rising higher and higher, circling when he came to the end of the field and continuing round. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Among those circling futilely the outskirts of the banqueters was old Tublat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The balance of the frightful herd was now circling rapidly and with bewildering speed about the little knot of victims. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• When all the adult males had joined in the thin line of circling dancers the attack commenced. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Weeds and flowers spring from its massy arches and its circling seats, and vines hang their fringes from its lofty walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Slowly she swung from her course, circling back toward us in an erratic and pitiful manner. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• They swam silently and blissfully for a few minutes, circling round their little stream-mouth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• An estrada is simply a path leading from one Hevea tree to another and circling back to camp. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Edited by Hilda