pent-up
Example Sentences
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Composer Yuta Bandoh’s lovely score hints at Otone and Kensuke’s pent-up sorrow, even after Kakeru is returned to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The TV variation of Max Cady is where the classic prestige drama Difficult Man shakes hands with a manosphere cultist’s pent-up aggression.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Others have the desire for ownership and every year the pent-up demand grows among young adults to enter homeownership,” she says.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Johnson said she believes Agility will have an advantage by going public before other stand-alone humanoid robotics businesses, because of pent-up demand from individual investors looking to put dollars into the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It was as if all the pent-up desires of my childless days were now bearing fruit.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
