boxed in

How To Use boxed in In A Sentence

• He feels boxed in at work and wants greater freedom to develop his ideas.
• It can not be boxed into some neatly defined category as economics or sociology or politics or history.
• Pulling pre-cut thorn bushes and branches across the cave entrance, he fashioned a kraal to keep his sheep safely hidden and boxed in the cave.
• The problem with that idea, though, is that the administration is boxed in, politically and rhetorically.
• One of the runners got boxed in on the final bend.
• As a result he got away from the starting light reasonably well, but then got boxed in at Old Hall corner and ended up in 26th place after the first lap.
• Procedures relating to topics within the chapter are boxed in and numbered so that the reader can quickly recognize them.
• Her coach told her she lost some time by getting boxed in, time she could recover in her next race.
• His father, a merchant seaman, had boxed in the navy while his mother swam competitively. Times, Sunday Times
• The Chancellor is boxed in by inflation targets and sterling.