The flames were half a mile away now, a vast circle of fire reaching to the skies.

There were similar patches at many places along the south side of the tree's vast circle.

It stretched away around them in a vast circle, surrounded on all sides by darkness.

There was a wide treeless space running in a vast circle before them.

In the centre of this vast circle she moved, royal and serene.

They would fly in vast circles until the meeting was over.

Around and around he flew, but the wall was a vast circle, without beginning or end.

He spoke too loudly for the place; his voice carried around the vast bare circle and came back to meet him magnified.

Now they flew in vast circles around the landing place of that reported object.

In the end, rather than repeat each other, these recollections increase our awe at the vast circle of suffering.