penned in
Example Sentences
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Though they were penned in and ruthlessly pursued, their mastery of the Sierra Madre made them nearly untouchable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
That backbench MP was none other than Rachel Reeves herself – in The Everyday Economy, a pamphlet she penned in 2018.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025
The sheep had been living wild for more than three months — wandering around a high, vast wilderness penned in by glaciers.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
The so-called blood moon prophecy was popularized through books they penned in the 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023
The fence would branch toward the pond soon, so I’d be penned in, and the guards would catch me.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
