Encircled

The pond was encircled with trees.

Many castles are encircled by a moat.

He was encircled by a crowd of reporters.

The garden was encircled by huge old willows and tall firs, beneath which flourished flowers that loved the shade.

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.

The opah's fins are crimson, and its large eyes are encircled with gold.

The town is encircled by the enemy.

At the end of the game, Black had two territories, one of which encircled 9 crosses, and the other, 31. They thus scored 40 points. White, in turn, also had two territories, which contained 17 and 22 crosses, respectively. Therefore, they scored 39 points. Black won by 1 point.

Larry Niven's sci-fi franchise of Ringworld and Known Space stimulated my teenage years. Ringworld was a gigantic structure, a ribbon habitat that encircled a sun. I imagined, as I bicycled around my home of Lulu Island, that the terrain was part of Ringworld. Niven reinforced my belief that some aliens did not have humanoid shape.

The enemy's superior forces have encircled our army.