surrounded by
Example Sentences
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Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Mayor Karen Bass noted the stadium is located in Inglewood, Calif., a city of 100,000 that is nearly surrounded by Los Angeles, and didn’t immediately comment further.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
"I also cannot believe this happened," Plumb wrote on Instagram after sharing pictures of the event showing Spielberg and Domingo surrounded by pub-goers.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
She "passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in the evening" on Friday, said Claude Chirac.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
From the crest of the hill we saw it, like a vast scar on the green German landscape; a city of low gray barracks surrounded by concrete walls on which guard towers rose at intervals.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
