hem in

1. see fence in.

Example Sentences

Early on the morning of May 5, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a man in a white-and-silver space suit sat in a tiny capsule, hemmed in by panels of gauges and switches.

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Once in office, Cheney, mindful of lessons learned in the Ford White House, sought to revitalize an executive office he believed had become too hemmed in by Congress and the courts.

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For years, the famed park has served as an urban oasis for thousands of Westlake residents hemmed in by concrete and asphalt.

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One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.

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Perhaps inevitably, the moral drama is somewhat hemmed in by its central mystery: Either Rashad is Peg Leg or he isn’t.

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