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
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
I’m hemmed in by tweed coats, my eyes as high as their second buttons.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
