Example sentences for: surroundings

How can you use “surroundings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The legislation was designed to keep elected officials from using the majesty of their surroundings to shake down visitors or employees.

  • Binoculars are great for isolating such works of art from their busy surroundings and for appreciating the details of craftsmanship.

  • The protagonist of A Man in Full is a white businessman who lives in sumptuous surroundings that include a pretty wife whom he seems to need to be introduced to.

  • Words and phrases like the repeated "seems," "I could think," and "I was unaware" enact Hardy's somewhat skeptical holding back from a declaration that the natural surroundings reflect his mood or the human calendar.

  • A first encounter with Indian music is most likely to be in the pleasant surroundings of a restaurant in one of the major hotels (rather than in what might be the intimidating atmosphere of a large recital hall) where it may be performed as an accompaniment to an elegant dinner, with first-class musicians.


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