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Example sentences for "environed"

Lexicographically close words:
envies; envieth; envious; enviously; environ; environing; environment; environmental; environmentally; environments
  1. She was in your hands at the capital city of the Archbishop, surrounded by spies and environed by troops.

  2. It is so environed with steep rocks as to be inaccessible, except on the N.

  3. Also, in the same place, there was the fane of Androcrates, environed with a thick shady grove.

  4. And I think, that he would most gladly have set upon him, with both armies environed within a single camp.

  5. But in spite of the perils and difficulties that environed his path, there was something exciting and exhilarating in the undertaking.

  6. It was strange that he could do so, consciously environed by so many perils; but he had in a measure become callous to danger, and he slept long and deep.

  7. These two, remote, abandoned, hopelessly environed by a savage enemy, closed their eyes contentedly and awaited that which the coming day should bring forth.

  8. He would pluck her from the perils that environed her.

  9. And yet he did care something for the streets that environed that house, and for the senseless stones that made their pavements.

  10. Environed by them, while the Woodman and the Farmer worked unheeded, those two of the large jaws, and those other two of the plain and the fair faces, trod with stir enough, and carried their divine rights with a high hand.

  11. The first who came out of the crowd of boats which environed the vacant place that had been left for the competitors, was a gondolier of the public landing, well known for his skill with the oar, and his song on the canal.

  12. The word porticus, which means "a walking place environed with pillars," exactly corresponds with the external circular walk surrounding the round tower of the church.

  13. The effigies are no longer inclosed "within a spacious grate of iron," but are divided into two groups environed by iron railings, and are placed on either side of the entrance to the oblong portion of the church.

  14. He was fully alive to the perils that now environed the Government, and he and his advisers looked imploringly to the army for relief as the agency absolutely essential to the nation's life.

  15. This towne standeth upon the sea, and hath some victualls, but not plentie, and is environed likewise with the Indians, their mortall enemyes.

  16. Wooden roads and causeways across the deep, treacherous morasses and soft miry banks with which lake dwellings were environed have been frequently discovered.

  17. You can hardly imagine how glad I am, when every morning I perceive myself environed and surrounded with brigades of creditors--humble, fawning, and full of their reverences.

  18. The queen, doubtless somewhat surprised at the storm she had raised, dreaded the possibility of the king being environed by the insurgents.

  19. Genoa, Venice, Pisa, Florence, what state their business men housed themselves in and environed themselves with!

  20. They had seen cities environed by strong stone walls, and filled with magnificent public buildings and sumptuous mansions--richly fertile regions, where the vine and luscious fruits of every kind were cultivated.

  21. The entrances to the Oppidum, which still occupied the place previously indicated, were amply environed outside by stakes connected by branches of trees.

  22. Yet here was proof positive that the terror which environed her was real.

  23. The first intimation of this fact was revealed by the pungent fumes which environed them.

  24. After this there appeared also another man, admirable for age, and glory, and environed with great beauty and majesty: 15:14.

  25. And rising early in the morning, he mustered his soldiers, and went up with the ancients in the front of the army, environed with the aid of the fighting men.

  26. By midnight, the heights around Marseilles were entirely abandoned, and the city, which for five weeks had been completely environed by enemies, was once more free.

  27. As he rode along, Bourbon could not help contrasting his present position with that in which he had been so lately placed, A few hours ago, he was environed by enemies, and in danger of his life.

  28. The order was obeyed with surprising celerity, and Pomperant and Hugues were environed by a double row of spears.

  29. The adventurers were not yet more than a cable's length from the brig, and they found themselves so completely environed with the breakers as to be compelled to go through them.

  30. In a word, the SeƱor Montefalderon saw all the evils that environed his own land, and foresaw others, of a still graver character that menaced the future.

  31. But not only are ideas environed by ideas of their own order; they are environed by ideas of other orders.

  32. What with the stillness of the night and her sharpened senses she heard it all round the island: she seemed environed with peril, and yet surrounded by desolation.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "environed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    enclosed; enveloped; surrounded; wrapped; wreathed