entrapping
Example Sentences
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In dressing rooms, a size-XS shirt would go over my head instead of entrapping me like a straitjacket.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2024
Critics have accused federal agents of entrapping a group men who were down on their luck after doing prison time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024
In the stomach, germs must also overcome other deadly barriers such as digestive enzymes, entrapping mucus and the ever-watchful immune system defenses.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2023
Many pits were active over thousands of years, entrapping countless animals whose remains muddled together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Now near the royal palace was a forest well stocked with game; and by the direction of this person various pits were dug there, and covered with leaves, for the purpose of entrapping the beasts.
From Mediaeval Tales by Henry Morley
