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Meanings of gird (girds) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "encircle"
Examples for "encircle"
1
Its conflicts often draw in South Africa, whose central mountains encircle it.
2
Black clouds encircle the horizon; the thunder falls with a deafening noise.
3
The law would not oblige him to encircle her in his arms.
4
We aim to encircle the city and ensure the militias are evicted.
5
Take five men and try to get through before they encircle us.
Usage of girds in English
1
The boy girds up his loins and he goes whither he will.
2
When he girds it about him his divine might is doubled.
3
The Babu groans heavily, girds up his huge loins, and is off again.
4
The high wall girds it on the land side, and makes it perfectly secluded.
5
For myself, the great lady girds at me for being so poor an agent.
6
Stung by the memory, William girds himself for another assault on the Rackham papers.
7
Outdoor nature for Bachelard is something the archetypal house girds against, or offers refuge from.
8
And the traveller girds himself, and sets his face toward the Morning, and goes his way.
9
The Lord who is the Servant girds Himself.
10
When he girds on his sword, I say:
11
But the hour of darkness girds him now
12
Cousrouf bounds from his seat, hurls from him his chibouque, and quickly girds on his sword.
13
It's a fiddly but clever acquisition that girds for online battle with Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart.
14
I fancied Lenore returned, breathing Austrian air, and living under the same horizon that girds me in.
15
The faith which is returning to men girds at veils and shadows, and would see God plainly.
16
The memory of that feeling girds me against ever letting myself slip back into the illness again.
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Girds through the time