boxed
Example Sentences
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Eduardo Metzker, 29, was riding his motorcycle in Rio de Janeiro when he was suddenly boxed in by two other bikes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
In “Everything’s Falling,” the Warning contends with self-imposed songwriting limits that boxed them in as children — and tear down old personas to reveal their continuous, however imperfect, process of growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Feeling boxed in at a job you hate is miserable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The court heard the father of nine completed three tours of Northern Ireland in the 1990s for the Army, where he boxed for his regiment, and until recently ran a scaffolding and landscaping business.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
