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hemmed

VERB

enclose, restrict

Synonyms

WEAK

begird beset border bound cage circle circumscribe close in confine corral define edge encircle encompass envelop environ fence fringe girdle hedge in immure margin pen rim ring round shut shut in skirt surround verge

Antonyms

WEAK

let go release

Example Sentences

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hemmed

When the park opened in 2006, I thought it seemed too flat and shapeless, too hemmed in by Broadway and Spring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Sitting on just over 8 square miles, Santa Monica is hemmed in by the Pacific on one side and Los Angeles neighborhoods on three others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Despite being close to the coast, players and spectators cannot see the sea, with the tight plot of land hemmed in by a railway track and houses.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

The giant backed away, but my shadow children kept him hemmed in so he couldn’t escape.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia