Example Sentences

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No one was containing the crowds, she said, and there was no barrier.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024

The key to the upset, though, was containing Alabama from three-point range, and the Crimson Tide finished just 7 for 28 from deep.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2021

We knew the biggest challenge in the quarter-final was containing Japan who look to keep the ball in hand.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2019

I looked up to see him standing in the front of the room, eyes wide, mouth shut tight as if he was containing rage, or tears, or both. 

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2016

A plain little room it was, containing an American typewriter, and beside the desk only a chair or two upholstered in red morocco.

From Long Live the King! by Rinehart, Mary Roberts