His encircling arms.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : to encircle an enemy.    From Dictionary.com. 

Vladimir Putin concerning the "encircling" of his country by aggressive titans like Estonia and Kosovo and Georgia, still it does contain a truth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Glavin] Reference

Such reefs as these are called "encircling" when they surround an island; and "barrier" reefs, when they stretch parallel with the coast of a continent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autobiography and Selected Essays] Reference

Make sure that , if and when you do decide to go, you secure a seat close enough to observe closely the occupants of the first four rows 'encircling' the ring.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's so unfunny about crime fiction, and why?] Reference

This is termed the encircling enamel ring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Sensors in the encircling machine track your movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entering The Virtual Zone] Reference

Britannia and Scotland are islands in the encircling sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

"They want to break that encircling policy of the mullahs.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Turmoil Next Door] Reference

Ramon came up behind her, encircling his arms around her waist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starfight (working title)] Reference

Gently he loosened the pressure of the child's encircling arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

What happened to the bubble of safety encircling our athletic stars?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports, Most Foul] Reference

June 5 -- Austro-Germans are attempting an encircling movement against.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

The symbolism of fires encircling Los Angeles seemed all too appropriate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Los Angeles Escaped The Fires?] Reference

Earth, heaven, and sea resounded as in one vast world encircling harmony.    From Wordnik.com.  [Religion And The Brain] Reference

The trio hugged it closely in encircling the wooded and hilly piece of land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference

It has a unique look, with silver trim accents encircling the face of the player.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the CR test labs: New Blu-ray players] Reference

She's captured in an embrace with a muscular young man, his arms encircling her waist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ballet Gets Personal in New Ads] Reference

Skeletons weep into handkerchiefs made of brain Tissue, with wormy intestines encircling their.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Am Elif Batuman and You're Not] Reference

In one case, Christians surrounding the town, encircling the town these are all reprisal attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 10th Parallel: Where Christianity And Islam Meet] Reference

When the candle flame reaches the encircling strip, it will be ignited and in turn will ignite the surrounding paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simple Sabotage Field Manual] Reference

To the Arabs the encircling ocean was a very "Sea of Darkness"; indeed, the unknown ocean beyond China was called the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

Huge boulders margined the sides of it, and half-way up an encircling wall added to the impassability of the position.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

Billy's offers up tours lasting 1. 5-2 hours in length that cover more than 26 miles, completely encircling the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kraig Becker: A Perfect Day in Key West] Reference

My first time should be exotic, perhaps on a balmy island or in a swanky city apartment with candles encircling the bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [What They Meant] Reference

The poor man, so laid, was bound around the arms and legs with hempen cords, each of them encircling the limb eleven times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference

Clinging to him in terror at first, she presently extricated herself from the man's encircling arm, and switched on the light.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

In the sunlight it gleamed like polished silver, but they could see a hairline break in the metal encircling the center portion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold in the Sky] Reference

"You don't make peace while you're encircling two of the most important Palestinian cities," says a Western diplomat in Jerusalem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Good Fences Make...] Reference

The transatlantic service if successful could then be extended until regular passenger routes are established encircling the globe.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference

The enemy brought forward reinforcements from a northeasterly direction in opposition to our encircling movement on the east of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

At the end of Ma'adim Valley, beneath the encircling ramparts of Gusev, the delta's layers of sediment fan out across the basin floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Where We Belong] Reference

There is a great need for this upon the planet you call earth, for the lack of it has set up vibrations about your planet, encircling it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference