What is "surrounds"

Usage examples of "surrounds".

It lies far within the inner court of the Temple of Issus, a little temple that raises a thin spire far above the spires and minarets of the great temple that surrounds it.

It was after dark when Woola and I spied through the mighty forest the great wall which surrounds the city of Kaol.

Those who have visited that town know the advantages it possesses from its charming situation on the Elbe, and above all, the delightful country which surrounds it like a garden, and extends to the distance of more than a league along the banks of the Eyder.

Though I am not jealous of the glory and power which surrounds you, I cannot submit to the dishonour of being regarded as a vassal.

When the massive numbers of cadavers ahead stop it from moving any further forward, it again reacts violently, ripping and tearing at the decayed flesh which surrounds it on all sides until its path is clearer.

An example of a colloid is found in the albumin of an egg, which is unable to penetrate the membrane which surrounds it.

Thus the brain and cord are directly shielded by bones, by membranes, and by the liquid which surrounds them.

It is a double organ, being made up of an outer portion which lies next to the bone, and which surrounds an inner portion of the same general form.

This is attached at its inner margin to the membranous capsule, and at its outer margin to the sides of the eyeball, and entirely surrounds the lens.

This is also a deeply holy site for us, and we would want to regain control of the Ancient Barrows and the swathe of territory that stretches down to and surrounds the Silent Woman Woods.

The Gryphon had finished her surveillance of Carlon and its surrounds and was ready to fly home and out of danger, but her attention was caught by the woman and baby atop Spiredore.

Every human action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.

Time has gone by which I could not detain, the arm I then lifted is no longer the same as the arm I now refrain from lifting, nor is the air in which I lifted it the same that now surrounds me.