Encircling

Examples

• They had risen to their feet, and were standing looking at that solemn altar, so noble in its hugeness amid the encircling green. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• A watch balance is made with a rim of brass encircling and firmly united to the rim of steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Maurice and Justinian were thrown to the ground, and high above, amid the encircling peaks, shot up a mighty column of smoke, streaked with red fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Her brother glanced at her face with greater interest than usual, and, encircling her waist with his arm, drew her coaxingly to him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They met in the little ditch encircling the tumulus--the original excavation from which it had been thrown up by the ancient British people. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• A general circulatory motion is in fact established ultimately in one direction about the central mass, which receiving new particl es from the encircling current rotates in harmony with it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The ridge encircling the screw is called the thread, and the distance between two successive threads is called the pitch. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It was only her husband's encircling arm, urging her on, that prevented Bella from stopping at the foot of the staircase. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I did fairly well at this and in a few moments had reached the low, encircling wall of the enclosure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It had grown darker when he raised her in his encircling arm, and softly answered her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Typist: Penelope