Etymology
Origin of walled
before 1000; Middle English; Old English geweallod; see wall, -ed 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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But as the river was walled in against flooding, more people built even closer to it, and floodwater had no place to go to recharge the water table — nowhere but down and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Stepping over a pile of discarded Nerf guns, we pass through a gate into a secret walled garden.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Saving in a tax-advantaged 529 means the contributed funds grow tax-free and are walled away from other regular family savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
But because USB-C is popular well beyond Apple’s walled garden, it is easier to pick up cheap, poor-quality replacement cables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Anya let Ilana pull her through the kitchen, bustling with even more people, out a back door and into a walled courtyard.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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