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cooped up

ADJECTIVE

confined

Synonyms

STRONGEST

circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted

STRONG

bound chilled compassed cramp detained grounded hampered held hog-tied iced immured incarcerated indisposed invalided jailed pent sick

WEAK

bedfast bedridden bottled-up flattened out in chains in jail incommodious laid up locked up on ice sealed up shut-in

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy well

WEAK

free liberated unlimited

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

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

A TikTok video of the band playing a cover of the Lion King's Just Can't Wait To Be King went viral as everyone was cooped up inside in 2020, and it snowballed.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

We were all mischievous because we felt cooped up and anxious.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

cooped up

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