cramped
Example Sentences
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At the time, some retail executives in China dismissed the warehouse model, figuring it wasn’t suited to Chinese city-dwellers who lived in cramped apartments and got around by bicycle.
Scores of residents flocked to a cramped shop in Hong Kong's old district to bid farewell to the city's "king of umbrellas", who is retiring after spending decades repairing umbrellas at his family business.
From Barron's
The undisputed best way to spend 13 hours in a cramped seat?
“I’m his wife,” I said to the on-call doctor, asserting my place in the cramped exam room.
From Los Angeles Times
"Today, more than 7,000 people live on the same piece of land. Streets are narrow, alleys are cramped -- there is nowhere else," Azzeh said, referring to the camp.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
