Circled

//ˈsɜː(ɹ)kəld//

"Circled" in a Sentence (13 examples)

A helicopter circled over us.

The hawk circled round in the sky.

The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.

Please open the file circled in red with a text editor.

Tom circled the block looking for a place to park.

Vultures circled above the dead body.

Vultures circled over the dead bodies.

Tom circled three names on the list.

Why is Tom's name circled?

Like most astronomers before him, Ptolemy believed the Sun, Moon, and other planets circled the Earth. He thought that each space body moved in a small circle (an epicycle) that was itself orbiting Earth.

the circled items in a list

a five-circled logo

Monthly changes in her circled orb.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.