hemming in
Example Sentences
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Enormous ring hunts depended on hemming in the prey and driving it into an ever-tightening circle, ensuring abundant kills for the king and a memorable spectacle for onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
By midday, the display was largely peaceful, with Seattle police officers scattered along the route, hemming in marchers.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
This is happening against a backdrop of broad economic changes that are hemming in the options of many workers, especially at the bottom end of the job market.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
The House Judiciary Committee passed six antitrust measures in June, most of them aimed at hemming in tech giants Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2021
The positions which we had abandoned the British now occupied, hemming in General Cronje so closely that he had not the slightest chance of breaking through their lines.
From Three Years' War by Christiaan Rudolf De Wet
