stuck in

Example Sentences

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“It’s like being stuck in a maze and no matter what path you choose there’s just black holes everywhere that you keep falling into,” he says before launching into a traumatic memory.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

But it swam further east and ended up off the island of Poel, where it became stuck in shallow waters.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

But growing evidence suggests that in Alzheimer's disease, these immune cells become stuck in a state of chronic activation.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

But the alternative, as “Backrooms” so sagely implies, is remaining stuck in the past, letting ourselves be mutated and misremembered until we look nothing like us at all.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

“Not a dog,” I woof, skipping over the fact that I am currently stuck in place and couldn’t eat him even if I wanted to.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz