fogbound
Americanadjective
adjective
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prevented from operation by fog
the airport was fogbound
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obscured by or enveloped in fog
the skyscraper was fogbound
Etymology
Origin of fogbound
Example Sentences
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That groping for signposts in a fogbound landscape was on display in remarks by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday morning.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Thus the pervading mood recalls Hitchcock, and the title story breaks into a breathless chase down fogbound alleyways.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
Grandma's apartment at 1505 Gough Street in San Francisco was a short bus ride to his new HQ, rough-and-tumble Lincoln Park, a frequently fogbound muny.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 1, 2019
Why not stay by the fire, reading about fogbound Victorian crime?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2012
Had I not been conscious of what I was doing, I could have easily lost my way in the fogbound regions of compelling fantasy.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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