entrapping
Example Sentences
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In dressing rooms, a size-XS shirt would go over my head instead of entrapping me like a straitjacket.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2024
In the stomach, germs must also overcome other deadly barriers such as digestive enzymes, entrapping mucus and the ever-watchful immune system defenses.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2023
Many pits were active over thousands of years, entrapping countless animals whose remains muddled together.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
“It feels less entrapping than other social media does.”
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
The natives make holes in the ground, entrapping the ants, and use them for food.
From The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children by Various