198 collocations for encircling

Poor old man, I guess he didn't know" "My old mandead!" She crept closer, encircling his neck, and her wet cheek close to his dry one.

"What in the world are you talking about?" said Mrs. H, as she took a pin from her mouth, and fastened the band that encircled the waist of the baby.

The many bright villages, gay gardens, palaces, and convents which encircle the city, are not to be regarded separately, but as one whole.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.

Jewels encircled her brow, and a bouquet of pearls was happy on her fuller bosom.

"The maddened brute approached, growling and gnashing his teeth, and, with a savage spring, encircled the body of the hunter and the tree in his iron gripe.

A string of pearls encircled her throat, and there were numerous rings upon her fingers.

There were concrete gunpits about the positions in front of the town, which was flooded from the Steenbeke River, but the infantry divided and bombed their way about on either side until they had encircled the town and passed beyond, where the Germans could be seen running away.

To the north beyond the larger ranges which encircle the valley the peak of Harischandragad is dimly visible, towering above the Sahyadris; and across the plain to eastward the Suleman range ends in the huge rounded shoulders of the Ganesh Lena spur.

To the south, however, of the belt of ice which encircles the globe, between the parallels of 50° and 70° S., and in the waters comprised between that belt and the highest latitude ever attained by man, this vegetation is very conspicuous, from the contrast between its colour and the white snow and ice in which it is imbedded.

The first thing was to draw a line for a trench some six or seven feet deep, that was to encircle the whole building, at a distance of about thirty yards from the house.

Yet, like wireless currents, their flow eternally encircles the earth.

All ruin'd and wild is their roofless abode, And lonely the dark raven's sheltering tree: And travell'd by few is the grass-cover'd road, Where the hunter of deer and the warrior trode To his hills that encircle the sea.

She was indeed none other than Madame Angelin, coming quickly from the Rue de Lille, on her way to the homes of her poor, with the little chain of her little bag encircling her wrist.

With an arm still encircling the form of his boy Professor Bird listened and asked many eager questions.

~And the Hammock Swung On.~ "A is the maid of winning charm; B is the snug, encircling arm; How many times is A in B?" He questioned calculatively.

Under the powder cloud the charging line sprang forward, determined to close in upon us with one fierce dash, almost encircling the house.

It represented a love-bird of eagle size holding in its powerful beak a scroll with a wreath of forget-me-nots on one end and of orange-blossoms on the other, encircling respectively the initials.

The marines were instructed to gradually encircle the old temple, and to listen for orders from the inside.

It nevertheless adds the charm of variety to the buildings that stud and encircle the park, and intermingle with lawns and bowery walks with more prettiness than rural character.

The middle set encircles all parts of the stomach, while the inner set consists of oblique fibers.

Purified by suffering and repentance, their garments white as snow, they encircle the throne of their Saviour; and those whose lives below were those of toil and long suffering, are now among the blessed.

John was standing as she had left him, one arm encircling the child who nestled close to him, while over his right shoulder the horse had thrust his handsome head.

The gray twilight shades come attended with gloom, While like a dark pall they encircle thy tomb; When soft showers descend, something whispers to me, That tears from the clouds are descending for thee.

From the elevation on which I stood, I had an excellent view of some reefs within the Barrier; whether they encircled an islet, or were wholly beneath the water, their form was circular, although from the ship, and indeed anywhere, viewed from a less height, they appeared oval-shaped.

198 collocations for  encircling