Example sentences for: surrounds

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

  • You can circle the outside of the wall that surrounds the inner compound and look in at the cluster of merus (pagoda-like, multi-roofed towers).

  • Plaza de Armas, which surrounds a statue of the patriot Céspedes and is ringed by shaded marble benches and second-hand booksellers, is Havana’s oldest square.

  • Landlocked Umbria’s rich green countryside surrounds a golden triangle of historic cities, the Assisi of St. Francis, the noble university hillside town of Perugia, and the medieval mountain post of Gubbio.

  • A firestorm of feminist controversy already surrounds some of these works--one side contends that these are refreshingly de-idealized nudes, the other side responds that the unusual poses and aggressive use of pastel are further degradations of women--but you wouldn't know it from the placid audio tour, or from the printed "exhibition guide" that replaces the usual wall panels.

  • One common confusion surrounds the use of "mister" when addressing more than one man.


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