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
The jury was shown a graphic reconstruction of the incident depicting the Audi driven by Mr Kaba being "penned in" by a marked police car in front and three behind.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
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 polar vortex is strong, icy weather that usually stays over the top of the planet, penned in by strong winds that whip around it, Cohen said.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024
It was one thing for Gogol to be the name penned in calligraphy on his high school diploma, and printed below his picture in the yearbook, he’d begun.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
