Surrounding

//səˈɹaʊndɪŋ//

"Surrounding" in a Sentence (12 examples)

For three hundred years they have farmed the surrounding land.

I saw them surrounding him.

Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.

The surrounding hills protected the town.

Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.

The smaller planets hovering around the planet Jupiter reminded him of the guards surrounding a king when he walked outdoors, and Kepler called them satellites.

The surrounding area was very quiet.

The mystery surrounding his death was played up by the media.

Most castles have a moat surrounding them.

Quite apart from the concerns surrounding this injustice itself, it seems grotesque that this situation has been brought about by a committee whose very purpose of existence is the defence of women's rights and equal opportunities.

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It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding.

They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.

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