pent

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Australian migration agent Mark Welch said there was a pent up demand following Brexit, which was combined with those who weren't able to go because of Covid-19.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

And when Anisimova’s final return of serve flew wide, Sabalenka released all of the pent up tension by sinking to her knees and weeping onto the court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2025

Jefferson played with the ferocity of nearly two years of pent up football frustration.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

“Post-COVID, we got this big influx of revenge travel, where everyone’s so pent up indoors and they’re just like, ‘Get me out there,’ ” McElroy explains.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2024

The pent waters spread out into a long oval lake, pale Nen Hithoel, fenced by steep grey hills whose sides were clad with trees, but their heads were bare, cold-gleaming in the sunlight.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien