• Synonyms: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent
  Meaning: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"

• There was light enough to distinguish surrounding objects.
• Now some twenty dugout canoes were surrounding the Nautilus.
• Silent and empty lay the great city--empty and silent the surrounding air.
• The mind spreads and soars in proportion as the body feeds on the surrounding world.
• They are the priests of pines and seem ever to be addressing the surrounding forest.
• An abyss six feet broad and eighty feet deep separated them from the surrounding wall.
• Too precipitous on which to build houses, it rose far above the surrounding roofs of Peking.
• All surrounding objects seemed startlingly near to the eye; much nearer than they really were.
• The leader gave some word of command and beckoned us on, and the surrounding mass moved a step nearer.
• A new question arose in connection with American trade with the neutral countries surrounding Germany.

0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Mount Pinatubo, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Middle East, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Planetary habitability, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Douglas (architect), License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Iapetus (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Greek mythology, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elizabeth Needham, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Watchmen, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Mumia Abu-Jamal, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0