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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But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the "Grey Zone" – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
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
If your chosen line of work is being a hermit, you couldn’t pick a better location than Maquoit, a fogbound island 20 miles off the coast of Maine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2018
He could not be certain he was not in the shipping lane, but he knew he was drifting at the same speed as every other gill-netter fishing these fogbound waters.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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