One tiny, lidless eye watched her as it circled closer.

The gulls circled closer and closer; must have noticed something.

The gaakyls were wheeling in circles, about a quarter of a mile away, but when they detected movement, they circled closer.

They circled closer, daring us to fire.

Liberty gunned the skimmer's turbine engine, circling the craft closer to the two Khafra.

The thought of suicide had been out there, circling closer and closer.

The shark-things were circling closer, but not attacking at the moment.

They were circling closer, like dogs sniffing for a scent.

The sinister ships circled closer, alternately accelerating and decelerating.

Mudge circled closer, thinking Brierson had stopped to listen.