walled
Example Sentences
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But as the river was walled in against flooding, more people built even closer to it, and floodwater had no place to go to recharge the water table — nowhere but down and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The agents were being tested on systems that were supposed to be walled off from the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Stepping over a pile of discarded Nerf guns, we pass through a gate into a secret walled garden.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
There were small acts of resistance, as when the best wines in the cellar were secretly walled off from the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
When I go to visit I always find her out in her walled garden with her hands sunk into the mulch, kneading the roots of her camellias.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
