like sardines
Example Sentences
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"If Ebola comes, we'll be wiped out as we're packed like sardines," Dorcas Mapenzi said at the Kingonze camp on the outskirts of Bunia, the provincial capital.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
At night, bedbugs nibbled at the 312 people laying like sardines on the floor of Namazi’s section of Ward 4.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The bloom currently wreaking havoc off the coast produces a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
"We were like sardines in the dark," one passenger described the moment their underground train stalled.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
Sailors crammed into the cargo hold like sardines, in order to lower the ship’s center of gravity.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
