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Example sentences for "around them"

  • There was no fear then of their being supperless; and, after eating a hearty meal, they laid down to sleep with the snow still falling around them.

  • Descending the stone steps to the cavern, they found that the brilliant light from the tripods dispelled the gloominess around them, and gave, as far as the eye could reach, a lively appearance to the place.

  • Even then my sight was not very clear, for the lamps had misty rings around them, and when I reached out my hand for my glass I had to make an effort or two before I could touch it.

  • There were several old portraits in the room, and these had the gauze looped up around them, as if to give them air.

  • Had the Cossacks pursued the French, without heeding what was behind and around them, they would have captured Murat and everything there.

  • On the day of battle the soldiers excitedly try to get beyond the interests of their regiment, they listen intently, look about, and eagerly ask concerning what is going on around them.

  • The ground should be "firmed" around them just as strongly, and they should be so well watched as to guard against the slightest wilting from heat and drought.

  • In less than ten minutes after its first sign, the tempest is around them.

  • As yet there was no sign of pursuit, and the fugitives rode up with the projecting nimbus around them.

  • Now, for the first time it occurred to them what had brought the hyenas around them in such numbers.

  • And so the children conversed, both delighted with the new scenes around them.

  • As solitary in their situation as peculiar in their character, they rise above the deluge of years, which for centuries has overwhelmed all the records of human grandeur, around them, or near them, and buried all traces of Susa and of Babylon.

  • Around them, the odor of the flowers of June ascended from the earth, filling the night with an immense suavity.

  • Once they had such level ice and a good wind behind them that they hoisted sail on the sledges, stood on skis in front of them to steer, and flew along so that the snow was thrown up around them.

  • Along the rivers the population is densest; around them spring up cities and states, and from them canals branch off to water fields and gardens.

  • Then the animals would waddle off in single file and plunge head first into the water, which seemed to boil up around them.

  • Around them, silence seemed to gather like a witness.

  • Let's go around them," said the Virginian.

  • With wonderful dexterity and solicitude for their wellfare, he removed the loose wrap which was around them, and this soon led to an intricate process of exchange.

  • The Boches have cut the road, and we must go around them.

  • If the Namur road has been cut by the Germans we've got to go around them, of course.

  • He trotted toward the lights and then around them to the driver's seat.

  • For a few moments Dave stared at the frenzied activity of the Belgian troops that were all around them.

  • The libertinism of society in the middle ages has also been wrongly attributed to knighthood, and thus the most beneficial institutions are too often confounded with the vices that spring up around them.

  • Not an hour elapsed ere a few black heads, with great wondering eyes, appeared above the surface and peered around them, and blinked at the sun, and seemed to enjoy mightily a sniff of the fresh air and a blink of the daylight.

  • The doctor was struck with wonder at the might and majesty of the waves, and also at the multitude of birds that were everywhere about and around them.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "around them" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    around here; around him; around the; around them; been sitting; boys will; desert island; doubted whether; feet thick; gracious madam; hoist side and outer; hour afterwards; just been; know what; line abreast; means easy; north wind; our host; several specimens; skin thick; solemn declaration; twentieth century; wherefore then; wide reputation; will stand