surrounded

• A house would be surrounded, and unless the man had been given some warning of their coming, and had fled, he would be driven out. —  Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos
• His fleet was ambuscaded and surrounded, and when his men had made their last stand he refused to surrender. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
• His house was surrounded, and a number of chemical preparations were found. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
• It was surrounded, as before, with poor children and beggars, who set up a loud clamor for alms as soon as the party made their appearance Mr. George took no notice of them, but opened the door for Mrs. Gray and Rosie to get in. —  Rollo in Naples
• Speedily he was surrounded, the calumet was snatched from him, and his canoe was taken to the shore, while all the others followed. —  The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago

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