trapped

Example Sentences

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In addition to getting you where you want to go, those hours spent on a plane — or trapped at the airport — are a guilt-free opportunity to catch up on or revisit great movies and shows.

From Los Angeles Times

The UN estimates roughly 250,000 people were still trapped in the city, with less than half of that number thought to have arrived in external camps for displaced people.

From BBC

Generations of people are now essentially trapped there with nowhere else to go.

From Salon

Some dishes are forever trapped in the wrong season, and the blueberry muffin has long been one of them for me; an eternal July snack slathered in nostalgia and sunshine.

From Salon

“You want to avoid getting trapped into retirement earlier than expected,” Collinson said.

From MarketWatch