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
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
His Act III prelude had the thick texture of molasses, entrapping and hopeless.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2021
After many attempts, in 1623 he succeeded by a clever but dangerous manœuvre in entrapping the famous pirate John Nutt, who had for years infested the southern coast, inflicting immense damage upon English commerce.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
