ADJECTIVE
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enclosed in or as if in a box
a confining boxed-in space
felt boxed in by the traffic
boxed cigars
How To Use boxed in In A Sentence
- He feels boxed in, living in that tiny flat.
- Refurbishing the toilets and washrooms will cost more than it would in other schools, because the pipework and cisterns will need to be boxed in to prevent the children interfering with them.
- The motor is boxed in.
- She feels boxed in at the fatiguing work and wishes greater freedom to develop her ideas.
- The title of the news was boxed in.
- He feels boxed in at work and wants greater freedom to develop his ideas.
- After marriage Mrs Black felt boxed in living in that small flat.
- His car was boxed in by two other cars on the final lap.
- Miramax's Region 1 version possesses a pristine transfer, and is widescreen letterboxed in the aspect ratio 1: 1.66.
- Houdini's diaries took up an entire shelf - about a dozen volumes, each boxed in an expensive leather slipcase, gold tooled - a treasure surely worth a few hundred thousand dollars.
