cramped

Example Sentences

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I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

His family moved in with his grandmother, squeezing into a cramped apartment full of aunts, uncles and cousins.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

It moved out of a cramped, rented office and bought a 10,500-square-foot, two-story building as its headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Their cramped and outdated Aspmyra Stadium -- built in 1966 -- can hold just over 8,200 spectators and the team came close to bankruptcy in 2016.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It felt hot and cramped and smothering in the car, like I’d been tucked in with a giant itchy wool blanket, and suddenly I couldn’t breathe.

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