cooped up

Example Sentences

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Not only are they younger due to the AI boom, but, as Raines noted, many spent their high-school or college years cooped up at home during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

I was cooped up, sharing with my siblings and it was hard to revise from the bed or in the communal areas of the hotel.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Airlines were helped in 2023 by strong demand for travel from people who had spent most of the pandemic cooped up at home.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

We can’t help but root for him when he’s cooped up in the bathroom, crying all by himself.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2023

Mariam was relieved when the fighting subsided again, mostly because they no longer had to be cooped up with Rasheed, with his sour temper infecting the household.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini