| 1. | His insight and power encircle things and the human race. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | Then let them all encircle him about. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | Without even asking her if she cared to dance, he put out his arm to encircle her slender waist. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | "Her shining tresses, divided in two parts, encircle the harmonious contour of her white and delicate cheeks, brilliant in their glow and freshness. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 5. | An instant afterwards the door opened, she felt two arms encircle her, and a mouth pressed her forehead. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | One small, fairy foot, alone visible, barely touched the earth and, scarcely discernible in the brilliant atmosphere which seemed to encircle and enshrine her loveliness, floated a pair of the most delicately imagined wings. - from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 7. | Then fill the mould by degrees and make it good throughout encircle and bind it with its irons and bake it inside where it has to touch the bronze. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 8. | The head is frequently encircled with a wreath of oak-leaves. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 9. | The chief encircles their necks with his arm and kisses them on the cheek. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 10. | Sorrow he suffered encircled with fir. - from Beowulf by |
| 11. | Soon, Madame Defarge's hands ceased to strike, and felt at her encircled waist. - from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
| 12. | The dead, encircled by his friends, forego. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 13. | It was encircled by huge old willows and tall firs, beneath which flourished flowers that loved the shade. - from Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| 14. | It was round, and a large divan completely encircled it. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 15. | There can, I think, be no doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the royal Stuarts.. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 16. | The weary, and at the same time passionate, glance of those eyes, encircled by dark rings, impressed one by its perfect sincerity. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |