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

The rooms that looked spacious on the website, thanks to photos apparently taken with a fish-eye lens, were cramped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

When AFP visited, relatives of the missing packed into a local elder's cramped home, showing WhatsApp and Facebook groups filled with blurry images, unverified lists and rumours.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

No more feeling cramped like a worm in a nut!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer