hemmed in
Example Sentences
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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 freedom of full-time travel often seems to strike a chord with people who feel hemmed in by jobs and mortgages, family commitments and responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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
The path, which ran parallel to the river, led to a little grassy clearing that was hemmed in by huddled trees: coconut, cashew, mango, bilimbi.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
