Sentences with round
round
R r - A round assertion
- The shop round the corner
- Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as 'around'. Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'get round' and 'hand round'. Round is commoner in British English than American English, and it is slightly more informal.
- The ring road round the town
- To stay round the house
- Driving round Ireland
- A lot of shelves round the house
- The stands round the racecourse
- To look round one
- A band round her head
- A doctor's rounds
- He was eliminated in the first round
- A giddy round of parties
- A round of talks
- The earth's motion round its axis
- round cheeks
- In round figures
- A round dozen
- We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers. [VERB noun with adverb]
- The house disappeared from sight as we rounded a corner. [VERB noun]
- A million pounds seemed a suitably round number.
- The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge, round eyes.
- She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face.
- Sue got a sympathetic round of applause. [+ of]
- ...firing 1650 rounds of ammunition during a period of ten minutes. [+ of]
- They sat on the clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks. [+ of]
- A round trip
- Not enough to go round
- The talk rounded into a plan
- To round a corner
- We rounded the island
- The round of human beliefs
- A round of parties
- A round vowel
- A round pace
- Rich round tones
- A round sum
- 500 is a round number for 498, 503, etc.
- The consultants still did their morning rounds.
- A round dozen
- A round dance
- To round a bend
- She came round to see me
- The road to the farm goes round by the pond
- The wheels turn round
- Pass the food round
- He owns the land for ten miles round
- The racing track is two miles round
- The garden is fenced all round
- The story is built round a good plot
- ...four rounds of toast.
- They were sitting round the kitchen table.
- Visibility was good all round.
- Suddenly a car came round a corner on the opposite side.
- He happens to own half the land round here.
- Holes can be worn remarkably quickly by a wheel going round at 60mph.
- She paused, but did not turn round.
- He will be glad to refurnish where possible, change things round and redecorate.
- John handed round the plate of sandwiches.
- They started handing the microphone out round the girls at the front.
- I think we should go round and tell Kevin to turn his music down.
- I went round my wife's house.
- As we sat round chatting, I began to think I'd made a mistake.
- Don't just immediately give up but think about ways round a problem.
- That was for a design built round an existing American engine.
- ...small fresh rounds of goats' cheese.
- ...two rounds of golf. [+ of]
- He was declared the victor in the 11th round.
- ...in the third round of the Pilkington Cup. [+ of]
- I go to bed round 11:00 at night.
- I'm about two inches larger round the waist.
- In the past, the elections have been marked by hundreds of murders, but this time round the violence has been much more limited.
- He did his best to talk me round, but I wouldn't speak to him.
- It was agreed that another round of preliminary talks would be held in Peking.
- The round of human capabilities.
- The daily round.
- The second round of a tournament.
- A doctor's rounds.
- The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties.
- We waited through the round of many years.
- A round assertion.
- A round scolding.
- A round trot.
- A round sum of money.
- A round guess.
- In round numbers.
- The next round is on me.
- A 15-round bout.
- All year round.
- The music goes round and round.
- A resort visited all round the year.
- It happened round noon.
- He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation.
- To round a corner.
- To round on one's heels.
- The play should be done in the round.
- Another rumor making the rounds.
- A round dozen.