rimming

Example Sentences

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Beyond the museum, the grassy hills rimming the building will also be expanded and extended because Angelenos—children and adults—have a beloved tradition of rolling down them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The Pelicans tied it emphatically, on a Williamson lob dunk, after another in a stretch of broken possessions ended with Reaves rimming out a 35-footer with the Lakers deep into the shot clock.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Beside her, Ryder, gray hairs rimming his eyes, cropped grass on the lawn of his new home, untethered and, without a fence around him, free.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

By 12, Ku pounded out miles without his dad, speeding day after day down dirt paths rimming nearby farms.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

He is an old man in this vision, bow poised on string, smiling at me with wrinkles rimming his eyes.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper