bottled-up
Example Sentences
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A re-opened Strait of Hormuz, meanwhile, will unlock bottled-up energy flows that will spur global growth, and ease inflation pressures, over the coming months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Kuwait has begun cutting production at some oil fields after running out of room to store its bottled-up crude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“There’s this bottled-up energy,” he said, and once people are set loose, expenses go up because there’s a community to connect with.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 9, 2026
Everyone might be stunned — as they were 15 years ago — at the bottled-up support and enthusiasm there is for public schools in this town.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
The tiger coming in-doors, Jay suggested, represented prison, a bottled-up wilderness within walls.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
