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

Martin-Coppen added: "We are not talking small animals. We are talking pure muscle, pure power, untrained, cooped up in a small house."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

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

Her father’s opinion was that “we can’t keep them cooped up forever,” and fortunately he won—on the condition that Marshall and Melanie promise not to play alone.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder