“Some of the highest and most romantic of the Adirondack peaks environ these lakes.”

“A Roundel Argent charged with three Bars wavy Azure overall a Lion rampant as in the Arms the whole environed by a Chaplet of Wheat Or and debruising a Cross flory Gold.”

“My childhood was environed by the baneful peculiarities of the slave system.”

“He did not peril his prows beyond the shoals which environed the entrance to his harborage.”

“The good condition of the shields, ball-bearings, bump stops and other associated suspension elements environing the shock absorber.”

“We sisters had the Vondörfer hair,pink with ripples and electrodes in the right places,wavy orange stuff environing our faces.”

“We note these shifts, in relationships or jobs or domiciles, reassured that the environing story itself — our lives — are still ongoing.”