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like sardines

ADJECTIVE

thick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abundant dense full impenetrable tight

STRONG

close compact great rank solid

WEAK

brimming bristling bursting chock-full compressed concentrated condensed considerable covered crammed crawling with frequent heaped impervious inspissated localized multitudinous numerous populated populous profuse replete several swarming teeming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

open sparse thin

STRONG

loose

WEAK

attenuated clear diluted intelligent reasonable sensible slight smart uncrowded unfriendly unsociable watery wise

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A prominent member of the association of victims' families, Maria Karystianou, told reporters that relatives had been "packed like sardines".

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

All of which makes the decision to play in the round, packed like sardines in a crushed tin can, all the more significant.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

It’s also a perfect recipe for creatures like sardines and anchovies, who feast on the diatoms, algae and phytoplankton in these cool, nutrient-rich waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024

And then we would be thrown in the paddy wagons, and sometimes we were stacked in there like sardines in a can.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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