encircle

Object

• gloom: Is the bar a place of conviviality or does it merely heighten, rather than lighten, the encircling gloom of the street outside?
• globe: The Welsh children are taking part in the great adventure of encircling the globe with their Message.
• throne: A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.
• ditch: This exercise should confirm the presence or absence of any encircling barrow ditches.
• reef: This has become a marine reserve, protected from the open ocean by an encircling coral reef.
• earth: Yet, book guide travel travel like wireless currents, their flow eternally encircles the earth.

Subject

• mountain: The bay is one of the finest natural harbors in the world, encircled by spectacular mountains that rise 3,000 feet above the sea.
• wall: The temple is built on a high plinth, encircled by lofty boundary walls with graceful turrets.
• reef: The island is completely encircled by a reef which harbors a lagoon of turquoise waters.

Preposition: by

• mountain: The bay is one of the finest natural harbors in the world, encircled by spectacular mountains that rise 3,000 feet above the sea.
• wall: The temple is built on a high plinth, encircled by lofty boundary walls with graceful turrets.
• band: These are then encircled by a plastic band, which is tightly wrapped around and cut to make neat easy-to-handle bundles of cartons.
• reef: The island is completely encircled by a reef which harbors a lagoon of turquoise waters.
• ring: He is encircled by a ring of fire representing the cycle of time.

Modifying Another Word

• eternally: Yet, book guide travel travel like wireless currents, their flow eternally encircles the earth.
• completely: The city center was completely encircled with MPH tape, the event being launched by the Lord Mayor.
• almost: This part of the sea is almost encircled by steep cliffs.
• once: A brick wall which once encircled the palace is still in place.
• now: Scott's Discovery Hut is now encircled by an American research facility, McMurdo Station.
• still: The fact that we are still encircled by a capitalist world compels us to make concessions in the field of technology, too.