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How to use hemmed in in a sentence

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Though close to the city centre, it serves a relatively poor area, hemmed in by dense, dingy apartment blocks.
After Trafalgar, the Empire was hemmed in and its many enemies began circling their prey.
More and more life becomes a series of traps where you are hemmed in from all sides.
I got to experience the Oklahoma sky, which is awesome for this Washingtonian hemmed in on all side by mountains.
The sandy beach at Chintheche is one of the best on the entire lakeshore, hemmed in by smooth, elephantine rocks.
His dark patio was hemmed in by a cinder block retaining wall that created a barrier between the 1940s house and the rest of the yard.
Below stretched Carnmore, a water-filled trench hemmed in by brooding peaks and startling rock bluffs, mile upon mile of rugged isolation.
Howley, hemmed in on the left flank, dabbed a clever grubber kick up the touchline, and set off in pursuit.
The long now-walled-in driveway, up and down which I used to cycle madly, looked dark and narrow and hemmed in as a gully leading into a ghetto.
I know that the two guys were hemmed in by record company restrictions, but this is almost completely mainstream stuff.
You see why a church hemmed in like this put its burial ground out in the empty fields beyond what would become Russell Square.
These two men should feel hemmed in by the rules of international law.
Like playa de Isla Antilla, this beach is extremely wide, which means it is very unlikey that you'll feel hemmed in on here.
Although it gets very busy, don't let that discourage you as it's a very pleasant place, where you'll never feel hemmed in by the people.
In places with lots of people, I feel hemmed in, and I'm not one to jostle for the best places.
I see no reason why the Island of Montreal should be hemmed in by other districts or why it could not extend into the other resource regions.
Finally, with respect to Dr. Johnston, he was hemmed in by the ineptitude of our committee.
The region is hemmed in between the Sierra dos Candeeiros and the Atlantic Ocean.
It is hemmed in between sierras such as those of Lijar and Algodonales and closed off in the south-west by the Sierra de Grazalema.
In March 2008, a sealing boat on the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island, found itself hemmed in by heavy ice during its sealing operation.
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Examples from Classical Literature
When he was not hemmed in by the round of official details, England afforded him that combination in bounteous measure.
The people occupy the choir, hemmed in between these rails and the parclose screens under the side arches.
On the south they were hemmed in mainly by the Shahaptian tribes.
Civilization held nothing like this in its narrow and circumscribed sphere, hemmed in by restrictions and conventionalities.
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