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
It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 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
He spent two nights there, exhausted and hemmed in by the weather.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
But unlike the church, which stood alone, this building was hemmed in close on either side by ordinary structures.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
