trapping

Example Sentences

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A snapping turtle with a bite that feels like "trapping your finger in a car door" has been found in a stream at a Welsh beauty spot.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Some liminal spaces, as in the case of the “Backrooms,” seem to take on a life of their own, trapping their inhabitants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

That’s because there are several stations on the border in Southern California, he said, that are collecting data, monitoring for any incidents of the parasitic fly and trapping them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The immediate cause of the heatwave is a "heat dome" - an area of high pressure that becomes "stuck", trapping warm air underneath it.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern