housebound

Example Sentences

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Housebound, nervous, not quite sure how one’s partner is bearing up, looking for signs of anxiety — loving, supporting, alert to problems, ready to help.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2020

Housebound Shiuli Begum was a sewing jeans for Joe Fresh and Primark, when, she recalled, “Everything went dark and I felt things falling all over me.”

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2018

Watching the horror-comedy "Housebound," the writing-directing feature debut from New Zealand filmmaker Gerard Johnstone, evokes getting lost in a house with too many doors that lead to too many unneeded rooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2014

Housebound Does one person staying at home always make the household more efficient?

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2013

Housebound by illness, I'm grateful to any author who can expand my world.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2011