hemmed in
Example Sentences
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Sitting on just over 8 square miles, Santa Monica is hemmed in by the Pacific on one side and Los Angeles neighborhoods on three others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Minetree has "cracking comic timing", the Independent said, but appeared to be "hemmed in by the Reese Witherspoon impression she's presumably been told to do".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Despite being close to the coast, players and spectators cannot see the sea, with the tight plot of land hemmed in by a railway track and houses.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
I suspect that the movie might be too smart for its own good, or perhaps hemmed in by a cynicism that, everywhere we look lately, it appears that crime does pay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
From the way he tugged at his beard and hemmed in his throat, I knew he had other matters on his mind.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
