caging
- present participle of cage.
Example Sentences
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"This generation didn't even have enough to eat growing up. Now with a little money, they have inherited the habit and custom of caging birds," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Ben Williamson, who works for PeTA, says that the new box shows that people today no longer accept “the chaining and caging of wild animals.”
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 23, 2024
One tomb, part of a substantial cemetery surrounding a monastery to the west of Xylotymbou village was being used for caging cats.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024
Sadly, we appear more interested in caging people than in educating them.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
No interest in caging the prey for later use.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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