packed 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
He split the place with Jac Collinsworth, his close high school friend, the two of them packed like sardines into a single room that doubled as the kitchen and dining space.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025
Receptionist Tahj Chrichlow says it can get so busy patients end up "packed like sardines".
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022
After a long flight, the passengers are packed like sardines into the “people movers,” which don’t move until they are full.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
One Tuesday morning four hundred excited schoolchildren were packed like sardines inside three buses.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
