contained

Example Sentences

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"Everything was there, but a little bit contained, a little bit restrained," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

This was a year after her sister had asked, with cameras rolling, whether a can of Chicken of the Sea contained tuna or chicken, and whether Buffalo wings were made out of buffalo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

On another, it is a limited engagement whose consequences can be contained and whose risks are overstated.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Seconds passed while both of them stared hard at the list, the three-day-old list from the FBI that contained information no one should have been able to know until today.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix