cramped

Example Sentences

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I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

For the next six days the planes’ cramped interiors became their jails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

When AFP visited, relatives of the missing packed into a local elder's cramped home, showing WhatsApp and Facebook groups filled with blurry images, unverified lists and rumours.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

"It was cramped, there were about seven toilets for that number of people. They tried to fix the showers but they broke again and the drains were always overflowing," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

I felt stiff and tired and cramped into a too-small body with a too-small name.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan