surrounding
[səˈraʊndɪŋ]
Definition:
1. Near or around something.
2. The environmental condition.
3. The area in which something exists or lives.
'surrounding' example sentence:
- The mystique surrounding the monarchy has gone for ever.
- We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy.
- There's almost a giddiness surrounding the talks in Houston.
- But believe it or not, the area surrounding Mount Etna in Italy is packed with people.
- I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.
- It must have reinforced my determination to blend into my surroundings.
- We can also protect the reefs by protecting the surrounding ecosystems, like mangrove forests and seagrass beds.
- The controversy surrounding the takeover yesterday continued to reverberate around the television industry.
- The crops on chinampas definitely benefited from the water surrounding them.
- An urban area is the region surrounding and including a city.
- The scandal surrounding the collapse of the bank looked set to rumble on for a third year.
- Once the euphoria surrounding this victory subsides, reality must return.
- Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's death.
- She was faced with a new job, in unfamiliar surroundings with strange people.
- She felt uneasy in the unfamiliar surroundings.
- Many of the papers focus their attention on the controversy surrounding the Foreign Secretary.
- New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields.
- Life quality is closely linked to surrounding environment.
- The large amount of methane contained in the atmosphere surrounding Neptune stained it blue.
- Foxes started coming in from the surrounding countryside.
- They climbed upward along the steep cliffs surrounding the village.
- She furnished him with the facts surrounding the case.
- The new building does not harmonize with its surroundings.
- Oxford and the surrounding area.
- We could appreciate everything surrounding by leisurely.
- The huts blend in perfectly with their surroundings.
- These houses seem to blend into the surrounding scenery.
- Also, large blocks thrown aside by the impact would form secondary craters surrounding the main crater.
- So, that's how octopus mimics colors of the surrounding environment.
- The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
- He was an expert at finding his way, even in strange surroundings.
- Environmental organizations want to preserve the land surrounding the Wilgrinn Wilderness Area from residential development.
- The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.
- The most prosperous period for Phoenicia was the 10th century BC when the surrounding region was stable.
- The shell surrounding the egg has many important functions.
- Make sure the tile is flush with the surrounding tiles.
- There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance.
- Under this theory, Christian domination over indigenous faiths is dramatized by surrounding the kiva with Christian buildings.
- The mirror was hinged to a surrounding frame.
- The pond mirrors the surrounding trees.
- Eventually, the water will permeate through the surrounding concrete.
- The hype and fervour surrounding the event positively invited scepticism.
- They feared that the publicity surrounding him would detract from their own election campaigns.
- The buildings have been designed to blend in with their surroundings.
- Peacocks strut in the surrounding meadow.
- A house design should have some affinity with the surrounding architecture.
- Obviously weather conditions in the surrounding area are a factor.
- Standing in the watchtower, we admired the surrounding scenes.
- The surrounding land is low and marshy.
- The size of the office tower belittles the surrounding buildings.
- We dined in sumptuous surroundings.
- The village itself is pretty, but the surrounding countryside is rather dull.
- Small towns in South India serve as economic and cultural centres for the surrounding villages.
- Since cold air sinks, and these spots are shaded, they are usually much cooler than the surrounding area.
- The ozone layer surrounding the earth protects our skin from being hurt by the ultraviolet rays.
- Many of the single men found lodgings in the surrounding villages.
- I prised off the metal rim surrounding one of the dials.
- Her speech sliced through all the confusion surrounding the situation.
- The polluted waste is often dumped, making the surrounding land infertile.
- From the outside, she looked no different from thousands of other sheep born on surrounding farms.
- The surrounding land was enclosed by an eight foot wire fence.
- It attracts travelers to come over to cycle and walk through the surrounding forests.
- The surrounding small towns have been absorbed into the city.
- The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
- The farm and surrounding area was flooded.