ringed

Example Sentences

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To partake of the forbidden apple cake—and who could resist it?—is to know that joy is always ringed by sorrow, and made sweeter for it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though a half-circle of red dents ringed the fleshy side, the skin was unbroken.

From Literature

Children play on a carpet of mud, ringed by fences, walls and watch towers.

From BBC

The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.

From BBC

This week it was ringed by a fence emblazoned with the words “Empowering fresh starts together.”

From Los Angeles Times