sardined
Example Sentences
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At one point, a dozen or so heroes amass at the old Ghostbusters headquarters in Manhattan to protect a storage trap of ghouls that has, like the movie itself, gotten perilously sardined.
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
The experience begins awkwardly; for an obviously expensive build-out, very little has been left as waiting room, so the lucky 10 of you end up sardined for a bit near the front door.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
The building, a dilapidated four-story sardined between other structures in Kabul’s Shor Bazaar neighborhood, was once home to dozens of music studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
The claustrophobic quarters readied soldiers’ minds to be sardined into boxcars, transport holds, and, eventually, trenches gouged in foreign soil.
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
Graveyards're sardined with rotting bodies, so of course they're scary places.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
