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  • adjective Not surrounded

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Examples

  • At such a moment, therefore, and surrounded, or rather unsurrounded by such men, the task in front of me was not easy, and in the actual state of public opinion it was not very hopeful either.

    A Girl Among the Anarchists Isabel Meredith

  • There they would hold each others 'hands and try to imagine themselves unsurrounded by other men and wives, while the little Violet would stray and return to embrace her father's leg spasmodically.

    Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy 1900

  • Galahad the Pure was permitted to see the cup unsurrounded by a blinding glory, a fearful splendor of watching eyes and guarding shapes.

    Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden 1887

  • There was no need of introduction; the works were open to all, for they were unsurrounded by walls.

    James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

  • I have also checked the mailbox, presuming it small enough to be one of the more surroundable things on my property: it too remains unsurrounded.

    Daily Kos 2009

  • I have also checked the mailbox, presuming it small enough to be one of the more surroundable things on my property: it too remains unsurrounded.

    Daily Kos 2009

  • "Yes, but Señor Merrill is not unsurrounded by friends," went on the general, while Jack's heart gave a bound of gladness; "he has a German superintendent and several mine bosses.

    The Border Boys Across the Frontier John Henry Goldfrap 1898

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