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hemmed

VERB

enclose, restrict

Synonyms

WEAK

begird beset border bound cage circle circumscribe close in confine corral define edge encircle encompass envelop environ fence fringe girdle hedge in immure margin pen rim ring round shut shut in skirt surround verge

Antonyms

WEAK

let go release

Example Sentences

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hemmed

Research has shown that wildlife in the Santa Monica Mountains are hemmed in by freeways and development.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

As it enters Assam's vast floodplains, home to some 28 million people and hemmed in by hills, it slows and deposits sediment, fuelling erosion and floods.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The property is reachable by narrow roads hemmed in by overgrown trees, but its remoteness is an illusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

This new version isn’t hemmed in by the traditional structures of a book musical, allowing it to play fast and loose with the theatrical context without having to throw out the story or the score.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Her family couldn't go anywhere without being stopped, having to talk to so and so, or get hemmed up into having iced tea and pound cake on somebody's porch.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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