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 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.