surrounding
IPA: sɝˈaʊndɪŋ
noun
- An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
- An environment.
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Examples of "surrounding" in Sentences
- The railings are surrounding the church.
- The surrounding of the park is beautiful.
- The attraction is the surrounding scenery.
- The surroundings around us is the environment.
- The context is the circumstances surrounding the situation.
- The surrounding environment determines the sex of the larva.
- The object of selection is the phenotype in its surrounding environment.
- If people let gay people be gay, there would be a lot less pain surrounding it all.
- Pointing downward and kind of surrounding from the North the Arabian peninsula, Israel and Jordan.
- Continuing the Orwellian theme, does the lingo surrounding the state curriculum have to be so impenetrable?
- With city rates still lower than in surrounding suburban counties, there haven't been significant test cases of the city tax system in court.
- You're right MB, that's what I was referring to was that the number by itself is not very useful because it is relative to other efishing catch rates, probably in surrounding lakes.
- My 13 year old mind was thinking, here's this man who is the picture of urbanity, of city sophistication, but he is interested in surrounding himself with these symbols of a lifestyle that is anything but what the subject matter of his films are.
- Weber spends a lot of time in On Basilisk Station describing his world-building, from the political set-up of the various "star nations" his term surrounding the planets in question to the intricate political maneuvering of the nation whose territory Basilisk Station is.
- Anyone else hear about this problem? apparently if we don't do something soon, these fish can make it to the great lakes and destroy the ecosystem, affecting a $7 billion dollar fishing industry and the economy in surrounding areas. the great lakes also holds 30% of the worlds fresh water. scary stuff