circumnavigation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Any circumnavigation of the mountain also involved an incursion into Nepal, which was also a closed kingdom.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Cook's circumnavigation of Australia, yielding 766 runs in a 3-1 victory down under in 2010-11 is one of the greatest modern achievements by any England player.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Terry Virts completed the fastest circumnavigation of the world over both the North and South Poles in a Qatar Executive Gulfstream G650ER long-range business jet.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

His fastest circumnavigation via both poles took 46 hours and 40 minutes and was done in July 2019.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

The sweep was an almost leisurely circumnavigation of the block on ground level, to check that all inmates were in and all gates were locked, that everything was in order.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover