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Example Sentences

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With dour, even gloomy-looking, early 20th Century buildings surrounded by busy, drab roads and large, intimidating metal gates, it has a very discreet feel.

From BBC

Videos show young people, surrounded by fire, trying to put it out using their clothes.

From The Wall Street Journal

While “Sinners” and similarly popular original films like “Weapons,” “KPop Demon Hunters” and “Marty Supreme” are still rare at the box office, the conversations surrounding them are inescapable and undeniable.

From Salon

A win against the club that sacked him in September after 21 months in charge might buy him some more time, but a defeat would deepen the crisis and amplify the noise surrounding his position.

From BBC

The researchers synthesized 17 carefully designed ruthenium complexes and studied how small changes in molecular shape and the surrounding ionic environment influence electron behavior.

From Science Daily