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close around
verb as in surround
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The dinosaur’s jaws close around its prize.
“The strike was close, around 10 metres from our house, right by the front door. The house shook. My daughters were playing on the balcony. I saw the little one – she was all black because of the missile dust. I carried her, something was exploding in the house and the ceiling was falling.”
A lot of polls will close around 8 p.m.
Maalu powered toward him and Razi felt her jaws close around his body and a crushing pain pressed down on his hips.
CVS, the largest independent pharmacy, expects to close around 900 stores by the end of 2024, and Walgreens sees closing 150 outlets in the coming months.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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