Alternative Expression to "circled by mistery"

[Pete Noire]

I would like to have your opinion on the expression "circled by mistery" or if there are some alternative.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

]Not a teacher]

I would like to have your opinion on the expression "circled by mystery" or if there are some alternative.

I have never seen such an expression.

I think surrounded by mystery is a correct expression.

Shrouded by mystery is another expression I know. I like it.

 

[Rover_KE]

Where did you encounter this phrase, Pete?

Please give us a complete sentence to consider.

 

[Pete Noire]

No, there is no complete sentence, I wrote it myself, but I think it is not very correct. "Surrounded" by mystery is the sentence I was looking. And "Shrouded by mystery" is very elegant (thanks José Manuel).

 

[Raymott]

I would like to have your opinion on the expression "circled by mistery" or if there are some alternative.

How about "triangulated by enigma"?

 

[Tdol]

I would use shrouded in mystery.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

How about "triangulated by enigma"?

I am not a native, but is it not a bit recherché?

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

I would use shrouded in mystery.

I saw the expression with the preposition "by" somewhere, but I have to admit that "in" is the common preposition. Or perhaps the correct one?

Is "shrouded by" correct or not?

 

[Raymott]

I am not a native, but is it not a bit recherché?

Yes, it wasn't a serious attempt.
"Shrouded in mystery" is the best suggestion so far.

 

[Pete Noire]

Thanks. Surely "shrouded in mystery" is the alternative if we use "shrouded", but I would like to know if "shrouded by mystery" is completely wrong or just uncommon. Because I have seen it many times, like in this article: http://www.timesonline.com/news/yea...0f2-9a4e-15b06c04f5a3.html?mode=image&photo=1 Is it wrong english?

 

[Rover_KE]

No — it's OK, but I'd have written 'shrouded in mystery'.

 

[Tdol]

I have searched both Coca and the BNC, and the only have shrouded in mystery, for a search for any preposition in the phrase, so it's the standard preposition and the one I would recommend using.