hemmed in
Example Sentences
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Shaped roughly like a triangle, Kuwait is hemmed in by Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Despite being close to the coast, players and spectators cannot see the sea, with the tight plot of land hemmed in by a railway track and houses.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The Port of New York and New Jersey is hemmed in by the surrounding towns of Newark and Elizabeth, N.J.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Instead, it was a wide, empty street hemmed in by police barricades and a few enormous screens.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
She wanted to show us the other side of Marguerite Cartwright Avenue, where the seasoned professors lived, with the duplexes hemmed in by gravely driveways.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
