surrounds

“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.

Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me?

A splendid park with fine old timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the building.

But the Count of Monte Cristo surrounds me with every paternal care, and I am ignorant of nothing which passes in the world.