Synonyms

1. encircling

Sentence Examples

1. In the gloom of the pre-moon night, Tarkyn could just make out the track ahead skirting the cornfields close to the bank of the river.
2. The travellers made a hasty breakfast and started off for Assurghur, after skirting for a little the banks of the small river Tapty, which empties into the Gulf of Cambray, near Surat.
3. By now some of those brandishing death stars and on the lighter horses, were skirting around the edge of the fighting.
4. She and Jen had so little to say to one another these days, with both of them skirting the issue of what had happened.
5. Graham Jones, a representative from FirstGroup, was doing his best to dodge a volley of questions from reporters skirting the cordon.
6. He pressed on, and coming to the elegant building, skirting it, headed into the woodland behind, on the basis of its being uphill.
7. I walked over to the window, skirting around a couple boxes that stacked in front of it.
8. She turned and entered her office, skirting manuals stacked on the floor.
9. Then, skirting the blood on the floor, I quickly stole a look at the Bible.
10. It looked to Khaly then to Sumora, slowly skulking out from under the desk, skirting the bed and side table, and getting around Khaly to follow Sumora into the closet, all the while never lifting itself off the ground more than a few centimeters.