cramped

Example Sentences

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The pair, who live in a cramped studio apartment in a crumbling colonial-era building, can’t afford butter or mayonnaise, so breakfast is a piece of plain bread.

From Los Angeles Times

Lots of the scenes take place in cramped elevators and bank vaults.

From BBC

She and her husband lived about a mile and a half from the Beje, outside the cramped old center of the city.

From Literature

After a cold, cramped wait that seemed to last forever, Renn gave him a kick and told him to move.

From Literature

The door was propped open, and the humid air and the scent of lye hit me even before I entered the cramped space of the service room.

From Literature