entrap

Example Sentences

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He shoots in a square aspect ratio, and this subtle technique gives the frame an entrapped quality.

From New York Times

The researchers did calculations to see if 'Oumuamua was big enough to store enough entrapped hydrogen, and if that could account for its peculiar acceleration.

From Salon

The fire at Victory Baptist Church had entrapped three firefighters.

From Los Angeles Times

It reads: “We threw off the blinds that had entrapped us.”

From New York Times

Sterling’s performance art slowly becomes indistinguishable from the Kafkaesque legal system that entraps the performers.

From Washington Post