Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck; and her golden-haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.
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Encircling
Synonyms for "encircling" (34 found)
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8 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- encerclement noun (encircling)
Interlingua
1 entries- incirculamento noun (encircling)
Italian
3 entries- accerchiamento noun (encircling)
- cerchia noun (encircling)
- circondamento noun (encircling)
Spanish
3 entries- acorralamiento noun (encircling)
- cerca noun (encircling)
- cerco noun (encircling)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Earth’s magnetic environment traps electrons and ions in concentric belts encircling the planet. These belts, called the Van Allen Radiation Belts, keep most of the high-energy particles at bay.
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On the 11th of December of 2021, I sat in the Christmas-decorated cafe with my oat milk latte. Hans the Netherlander rolled in with his wheelchair. He said that he had eggnog with rum at home, and then it was time for coffee. We talked about astronomy, our real shared interest. The James Webb Space Telescope is being prepared for launch in French Guiana. If successful, it could provide much better clarity of images of space objects. USA, EU, UAE, India, and PRC are all roving on or encircling Mars with their robots. Mars would be humanity's second planetary home, some would hope.
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China is encircling Taiwan.
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