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Meanings of wreathed in English

Encircled.

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        Examples for "encircled"
        1
        The strategic Iraqi airbase Ain al-Asad is currently encircled by Islamic State.
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        2
        The campus was encircled by thousands of police, blocking off escape routes.
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        3
        However, his arms encircled the angel's wings, cramping them to his side.
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        4
        The sombre figures of the older gods encircled him in wrathful excitement.
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        5
        I don't know what's wrong with me, Her arms encircled his waist.
        When darkness comes
        1
        Little ringed plovers colonised Britain either side of the second world war.
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        2
        Across the wide expanse ringed by grand buildings sits the president's mansion.
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        3
        He was already in the suburban chain that ringed the great city.
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        4
        She took it up in her many-ringed hands and read it judicially.
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        5
        Her friend took in keenly the big deep-pupiled eyes ringed with weariness.
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        Usage of wreathed in English
        1
        Helen Cresswell stood there radiant; the dressmaker, too, was wreathed in smiles.
        The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
        2
        The sea was wreathed in fog when he rowed over to Halsskär.
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        3
        The wood-nymphs wreathed a human chain about the marge of the pool.
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        4
        Around the drawing-room the faces of the parents were wreathed with smiles.
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        5
        It was wreathed in flowers, and baskets of corn stood before it.
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        The newly hired girl wreathed her flabby face in a vacuous smile.
        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
        7
        Then they wreathed Lalemant in oiled bark and set fire to it.
        Canada: the Empire of the North / Being the Romantic Story of th...
        8
        The long lines of works were wreathed with the smoke of battle.
        Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
        9
        Her mobile features wreathed themselves in an expression of pain and rage.
        Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
        10
        Their veins beat time to the whinny of the derby wreathed cornet.
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        11
        A cynical smile wreathed itself around the mouth of the old roué.
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        12
        Her fat face was wreathed in a triumphant smile, and she said:
        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
        13
        A smile wreathed her lips; her eyes looked as though she slumbered.
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        14
        Her dark eyes sparkle, the lovely, piquant face is wreathed in smiles.
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        15
        Flowers.-Theyare wreathed around the cradle, the marriage altar, and the tomb.-Mrs.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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        She was wreathed in smoke, choking, when she finally turned to me.
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