cramped
1affected with a cramp in a muscle or muscles.
Origin of cramped
1Words Nearby cramped
Other definitions for cramped (2 of 2)
confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
(of handwriting) with characters written small and crowded together.
(of a style of writing) hard to understand; crabbed.
Origin of cramped
2Other words from cramped
- crampedness, noun
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How to use cramped in a sentence
I’m glad to at least see some recognition that these workers are on the front lines of this pandemic in so many ways, interacting with customers in person, waiting on people without masks, working in cramped kitchens.
NYC Restaurant Workers Rush to Get Vaccinated As Eligibility Opens | Amanda Kludt | February 8, 2021 | EaterIt’s cramped, and she fears her children aren’t getting the individualized attention in remote learning they need.
The racial disparities over who is returning to D.C. classrooms puts equity spotlight on reopening plan | Perry Stein | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostThey may also get a boost in durability because none of the delicate electronic bits need to be crammed inside of a cramped ear canal.
Bose built a new kind of workout earbud to keep you safe while you sweat | Stan Horazek | January 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey faced language barriers, health disparities and a work environment that forced them into cramped spaces.
As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge | by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung | December 21, 2020 | ProPublicaIt’s been tough, she says, particularly on her eighth-grader, who is learning to navigate virtual school from their cramped apartment.
A time to splurge or a time to scrape by: Holidays expose widening disparity among U.S. families | Abha Bhattarai | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
We were exposing the people of Bettiah to the unprotected dimensions of their cramped lives.
After a day-long drive with three young children, we emerged from our minivan cramped, cranky, and dusty with junk food.
Disney World Means Everything to a Special Needs Mom | Elizabeth Picciuto | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPro-Sisi residents in the cramped, narrow streets are welcoming as long as only their perspective is being heard.
Her sister, Magda, is quarantined after catching tuberculosis aboard their cramped vessel, and her aunt is nowhere to be found.
Marion Cotillard on Playing a Prostitute in ‘The Immigrant’ and Seducing America | Marlow Stern | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut while Paul may broaden his rhetoric, his outreach is cramped.
She was putting her papers tidy again with calm fingers, while his own were almost cramped with the energy of suppressed desire.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodI write a poor cramped hand, which I can hardly make out myself, and know very little about figures.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieNot here, not in these cramped quarters, but out in the open let our meeting take place.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniA little while after that they stopped at a water station, and most of the passengers got off to stretch their cramped limbs.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeHe shook his cramped limbs with as little ceremony as if Kano were a shrub, and then turned, with the evident intention of flight.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for cramped
/ (kræmpt) /
closed in; restricted
(esp of handwriting) small and irregular; difficult to read
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