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How to use surround in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Surround means to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. Example: “The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.”

Examples of surround by meaning

verbTo encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

  • Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
  • and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 230c
  • The superficial fascia surrounds the body and includes subcutaneous fat; the deep fascia surrounds the musculoskeletal system; the meningeal fascia surrounds the nervous system; the visceral fascia surrounds body cavities and organs.2018 November 8, Dr. Melina Jampolis, “The real science behind fascia ailments”, in CNN

verbTo enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

  • The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.
  • They surrounded each other in the classroom and started trading hits.

verbTo pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

  • to surround the world

More sentences with surround

  • The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.From the entry moon
  • The central figure in the painting is a young woman, surrounded by a flight of angels.From the entry flight
  • The testa develops from the tissue, the integument, originally surrounding the ovule.From the entry testa
  • The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.From the entry commons
  • It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.From the entry one-horse town
  • On Sunday, I took my family for a spin through the surrounding countryside.From the entry take for a spin
  • The tissue sample was analyzed ex situ to prevent contamination from surrounding cells.From the entry ex situ
  • The unparalleled media hype surrounding the new film guaranteed that fans would experience anticippointment.From the entry anticippointment
  • The Scoto-Norse originated in Viking colonies established in Scotland and its surrounding islands.From the entry scoto-
  • I looked about at the scenery that surrounded me.From the entry about
  • The town wall was surrounded by a moat.From the entry wall
  • They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.From the entry fish
  • The man was faithful to his wife, ignoring the many blonde beautifuls who surrounded him wherever he went.From the entry beautiful
  • He was surrounded, so gave himself up.From the entry give up
  • He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.From the entry survey
  • The chocolatier's gorgeous creations wooed the surrounding neighbourhood.From the entry chocolatier
  • Surround the bank! Don't let the robber get away!From the entry get away
  • She was sleeping very badly these days, what with the new baby and all the activity surrounding him.From the entry what with
  • It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.From the entry surrounds
  • Halomancy is the origin of the superstition surrounding spilled salt.From the entry halomancy
  • The Pleiades are surrounded by a reflection nebula.From the entry reflection nebula
  • The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.From the entry snuggle
  • Ancient Roman amphitheatres were mostly oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.From the entry amphitheatre
  • The plastron of a diving beetle is not directly a source of oxygen, but acts as a gill, acquiring oxygen from the surrounding water.From the entry plastron
  • High-grade tumors often infiltrate surrounding structures.From the entry infiltrate
  • According to the process that may have formed the Solar System planets, the surrounding discs of material around the gas giants gradually coalesced into moons.From the entry coalesced
  • He was a "game manager" who threw five interceptions on the season, a steady, if unspectacular, player surrounded by a solid team.From the entry game manager
  • Without Soviet support surrounding the missile crisis, Cuba's military would have been merely a bonsai army and they would have quickly succumbed to any serious invasion from the west.From the entry bonsai army
  • The Adelaide Hills form the eastern boundary of the Adelaide Plains, separating them from the extensive plains that surround the Murray River and stretch eastwards to Victoria.From the entry Adelaide Hills
  • Armed forces and RCMP officers formed tight grid lines to search the surrounding woods and rural fields.2026 July 25, Nicholas Muhoro, “The Last Call of Jo-Anne Pedersen, the Girl Who Vanished From a Payphone”, in Skip Boring, archived from…. From the entry tight
  • At least a hundred million tons of rock are sliding down the Chugach peaks surrounding Portage Glacier.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic. From the entry ridgeline
  • Tuesday, prompting police to shut down the surrounding area and lock down nearby government buildings, police said.2026 June 2, Andy Rose, “Suspect who took 10 hostages is dead after hourslong bomb threat at California building, authorities say”, in…. From the entry Bakersfield
  • Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life.2026 July 13, Sian Cain, “Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, dies aged 78”, in The Guardian. From the entry whānau
  • Rod Blagojevich, who was sent to prison on corruption charges surrounding his time in office.2025 February 10, Michael Williams, “Trump pardons former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich”, in CNN. From the entry rod

Meaning of surround

  1. verb To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
  2. verb To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
  3. verb To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

Full definition of surround

Questions about surround in a sentence

How do you use surround in a sentence?
Surround is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.”
What is a short sentence with surround?
“to surround the world”
What does surround mean?
Surround means to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: surround (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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