hemming in
Example Sentences
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Enormous ring hunts depended on hemming in the prey and driving it into an ever-tightening circle, ensuring abundant kills for the king and a memorable spectacle for onlookers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
By midday, the display was largely peaceful, with Seattle police officers scattered along the route, hemming in marchers.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
It is a form usually written, after all, to take place within a confined space, hemming in the players who strut and fret upon the stage.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2020
But it also obscures the future, hemming in our sense of what’s possible, of how we might evolve to actually solve those problems.
From Slate ● May 7, 2013
Meanwhile the French continued to develop their hemming in of Combles, nibbling their way forward, taking prisoners and guns, a slow but determined advance that the Germans could not restrain.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
