| Suddenly, I felt a pair of arms encircle my waist and pull me into an embrace. |
| I was about to let go when I felt his arm encircle my waist, and his chin rest on the top of my head. |
| They encircle their village with a stockade and a confusing maze of approaches, most of them lethally booby-trapped. |
| She brought her arms up to encircle his waist, feeling the strong muscles of his abdomen beneath her hands where they rested. |
| The ring roads which were planned to encircle the capital city are in some cases nine years behind schedule. |
| Eight granite columns with marble Corinthian capitals encircle the baptismal basin, now much degraded. |
