bottled-up
Example Sentences
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Kuwait has begun cutting production at some oil fields after running out of room to store its bottled-up crude.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“There’s this bottled-up energy,” he said, and once people are set loose, expenses go up because there’s a community to connect with.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026
Ridley’s Helena is mostly a succession of bottled-up stares broken up by bursts of fear for her child’s safety, and even those moments don’t track with the implausibility of some of her own actions.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
There’s a comic nastiness to Rock’s insults, some of which is studied, but other times appeared to be the product of his own bottled-up anger.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023
But the worst part of it all was the bottled-up feelings with no release valve.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
