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
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
It is a form usually written, after all, to take place within a confined space, hemming in the players who strut and fret upon the stage.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2020
This would necessarily have had the effect of hemming in the English settlements on the Atlantic seaboard and preventing their Western expansion.
From A History of the United States by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
