How to Use circle in a Sentence

circle

1 of 2 noun

• She has a large circle of friends.
• We formed a circle around the campfire.
• She drew a circle around the correct answer.
• He looked old and tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
• She is well-known in banking circles.
• Use red to make a circle for the nose and to outline the mouth.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
• Use a small chipboard circle cut to the size of the dome's base.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
• If tricks are your thing, the drone can fly, circle, and do 8D flips.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
• The ink saw the cat's face set over a design of fine-line circles and stars.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
• To make: Use pliers to widen the circle at the top of each wire spiral.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2023
• With the heel of your hand, press dough into a small circle.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano / Photographs By F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal, Food Styling By Kim Ramin , WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Dozens of wacky faces and doodles stare back as the ride goes in circle.
  — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
• That means the area of a single circle takes up when it is packed in this way is 1/3 the area of the hexagon Ah.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• Roots should fan out wide rather than grow in a circle.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• The smaller and closer to the dot that the circle becomes, the more narrow your field of view.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
• The beach is known for its soft quartz sand and Sunday night drum circles.
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• Roll out chilled pie dough to an 1/8-inch-thick circle, and transfer to a 9-inch pie pan.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2023
• Below us was a clearing, with a circle of lean-tos at the center.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• Cut a second paper circle and adhere it to the back of the photo to give it heft.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
• Place the next circle a foot out from the first and continue adding circles a foot apart.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• The same letters and the number 28 floated in blue in the center of a circle of white balloons.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2023
• Dixon took over in the circle after Kennedy Baioni injured her knee in late April.
  — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 May 2023
• Then a band of musicians and dancers performed in a circle outside the palace.
  — Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• Canales has quickly risen up the ranks in league circles because of his work with Smith and Mayfield.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2024
• Build the bombs Take a wad of clay roughly the size of a golf ball and flatten it into a circle about a quarter-inch thick.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• What, what is odd is there’s a presumption in some circles that the rural votes are Yes.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2023
• The gunfire broke out north of the circle, at Connecticut and Q Street, about 4 p.m., police said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• There is some hope in entertainment circles that the show will get back on track soon.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
• His shot from the right circle snaked through traffic and past Gibson at 12:26, his fourth goal this season.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• On the other hand, to treat crow’s feet and dark circles, RoC’s line-smoothing eye cream would top our wishlist.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 July 2023

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circle

2 of 2 verb

• The halfback circled to the left.
• He circled his arms around his wife's waist.
• His arms circled around his wife's waist.
• She circled the correct answer.
• The pilot circled the airport before landing.
• And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
  — Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
• The water had been balm, the wetsuit had warmed it, and the ocean had circled me, and me alone.
  — Mylène Dressler, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
• But at the end of the hearing, the judge circled back to the new revelation.
  — Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• The Bills have lost three of four, and their season is circling the drain.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The spacecraft, Juno, has been circling Jupiter since 2016.
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• And remember to shake off some of the dirt and stretch out any roots that are circling around the ball.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
• Before circling back, the plane spent some time circling the North Sea.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• Each of the dozen has circled the bases at least twice while nobody has hit more than five.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• The scheme is now circling the drain, but its proponents refuse to quit.
  — Justin Pearson, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
• The drone circled for a while and flew across the valley toward the settler sitting beside the tent.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the segment, the camera zeroed in on the consumers’ losses, the amounts circled in red on their checks.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Keep both arms bent and slowly circle the dumbbell around head and back in front of chest.
  — Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• People have circled the lots for an hour or more looking for a place to park.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The dancer and robot marched, circled each other and waved matching ropes.
  — Phoebe Connelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Clapper earns money by taking a cut of the cash circling the app.
  — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• The kitchen god circled the garbage can, sniffing its contents.
  — Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Both hands circle the clock face at 60 seconds per minute.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2024
• Instead, the doc circles the topic of his weight and his desire to be loved with some distance.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• With this woeful season circling the drain, the Chargers will play for pride and little else down the stretch.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Soon, the rest of the Diamondbacks’ base stealing threats circled around.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2023
• Between the frigid cold and circling wolves below, the trio make life-and-death decisions to survive.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Around them, the guards circled, eager to torture and destroy any inmates who stepped out of line.
  — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
• The crowd circled four stone lions that guard the roundabout’s central island.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• The 2,000-square-foot interior is filled to the brim with awesomeness that circles the kitchen to the open space in the living room and upstairs.
  — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• The grizzly had stirred a few times throughout the long winter, maybe getting up, circling like a dog and plopping back down.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024