hemmed in
Example Sentences
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It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
The freedom of full-time travel often seems to strike a chord with people who feel hemmed in by jobs and mortgages, family commitments and responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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
The Port of New York and New Jersey is hemmed in by the surrounding towns of Newark and Elizabeth, N.J.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The path, which ran parallel to the river, led to a little grassy clearing that was hemmed in by huddled trees: coconut, cashew, mango, bilimbi.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
