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

Lots of the scenes take place in cramped elevators and bank vaults.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 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

With the gale howling around their ears, they took down the sails and rolled them up, stuffing them into the cramped space below.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong