AROUND in a Sentence

Learn AROUND from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
354 example sentences for AROUND, such as:
1. He put a proprietorial arm around her.
2. Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.
3. She fastened the belt loosely around her waist.
4. We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
5. He could hear someone moving around in the room above.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of AROUND
around
 ad.  in circumference
 ad.  used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
Classic Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1  She ran around the shrubs and paths towards the secret garden.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  Another pause, and more eying and sidling around each other.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  When she cautiously faced around again, a peach lay before her.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  She ran to the door; he was not in sight; she flew around to the play-yard; he was not there.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  There was no getting around the authorities, so Joe turned, received the whack and fell.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  Then he sat up, pushing the body from him, and gazed at it, and then around him, confusedly.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Potter lifted his face and looked around him with a pathetic hopelessness in his eyes.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  He began to find himself hanging around her father's house, nights, and feeling very miserable.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  Then he went tearing around the house again spreading chaos and destruction in his path.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  You go over that way and I'll hunt around by the spring.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  I'd like to see her get around this with her rubbage 'bout superstition.'
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  And finally, when they got out their pipes and went serenely puffing around, the very summit of glory was reached.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  She glanced around; found herself alone, and the next instant she had the book in her hands.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
14  Tom, I don't like to fool around much where there's dead people.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
15  Yes, but, Huck, ghosts don't travel around only at night.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity.
2  The town remains sleepy despite the activity all around it.
3  We spent the afternoon meandering around the streets of the old town.
4  We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
5  Babies start to get mobile around the age of eight months.
6  He could hear someone moving around in the room above.
7  Stories about his past are flying around among the students.
8  The vultures were already circling around the dead animal.
9  When someone loves none, he will fall in love with anyone around him.
10  Only a skeleton staff remains to show anyone interested around the site.
11  You'd better wrap a clean cloth around your arm till the wound closes.
12  He put a proprietorial arm around her.
13  Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak.
14  She fastened the belt loosely around her waist.
15  Her hair whipped around her face in the wind.