coop up

Example Sentences

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Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must but coop up most men, and you undo them.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 by Various

You might as well coop up a lark in a hen-house and expect it to thrive and sing.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

I got tuh let her go,’ he says, ‘Dad’s all in an’ I’ll have tuh coop up under Old Glory for awhile, anyway.

From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.

"It would be a downright shame to coop up the children in a close school-room when they might be enjoying themselves in the bright sunshine," said Mr. Gale.

From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances

By occupying all the posts of Egypt, we can coop up the French and force them to capitulate.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland