fence in
Example Sentences
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It soon rendered fields impossible to plough, as lines of the goblet-shaped bushes, many of them three feet across, formed impenetrable natural fences in the paths of tractors.
A tree also fell on a fence in Santa Rosa.
From Los Angeles Times
The East Germans were building walls across the most heavily populated areas but stuck with fences in other places.
From Literature
Mr. Simon’s record was also one of the first to grasp the mid-’70s ennui of a generation fenced in by marital responsibilities and yearning for its earlier, wilder self.
In December 2018, protesters tore down a fence in the Tuileries gardens next to the Louvre.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.