box in
phrasal verb
boxed in; boxing in; boxes in
: to surround (someone or something) and make movement difficult
The other bicyclists boxed her in and she couldn't move ahead.
—usually used as (be) boxed inWe were boxed in and couldn't get out of our parking space.
—sometimes used figurativelyI feel boxed in by all these rules.
Examples of box in in a Sentence
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In 2017, negatives of 60,000 of Cole’s photographs that had never been seen were discovered in three safety-deposit boxes in a bank vault in Stockholm.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2024
Yet roughly 1,100 miles away from their home base, the B’s provided their fans with no shortage of reasons to cheer, checking off a plethora of boxes in the process.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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—Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
Amazon has long been criticized for its treatment of employees, especially those who pack and ship boxes in its warehouses.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 16 May 2024
On a cool, rainy evening when many would-be home runs died at the warning track, Santander stepped in the left-handed batter’s box in the first inning and pulled a long flyball over the right field wall against the Pirates’ expected opening day starter Mitch Keller.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
But the Carolina Panthers, who had previously checked off the youthful size-speed prospect box in earlier rounds with the likes of Texas running back Jonathon Brooks and his college teammate, Ja’Tavion Sanders, saw something beyond the numbers with the former Michigan team captain.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
Jason Romo, 22, faces four felony charges of surreptitious recording after a witness found a phone hidden inside a box in the women's restroom where Romo worked, according to the police report.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
And his diploma from Coral Park High School, which his daughter keeps in a box in her closet.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 May 2024
Yet roughly 1,100 miles away from their home base, the B’s provided their fans with no shortage of reasons to cheer, checking off a plethora of boxes in the process.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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—Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
Amazon has long been criticized for its treatment of employees, especially those who pack and ship boxes in its warehouses.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 16 May 2024
On a cool, rainy evening when many would-be home runs died at the warning track, Santander stepped in the left-handed batter’s box in the first inning and pulled a long flyball over the right field wall against the Pirates’ expected opening day starter Mitch Keller.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2024
But the Carolina Panthers, who had previously checked off the youthful size-speed prospect box in earlier rounds with the likes of Texas running back Jonathon Brooks and his college teammate, Ja’Tavion Sanders, saw something beyond the numbers with the former Michigan team captain.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
Jason Romo, 22, faces four felony charges of surreptitious recording after a witness found a phone hidden inside a box in the women's restroom where Romo worked, according to the police report.
—Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
And his diploma from Coral Park High School, which his daughter keeps in a box in her closet.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
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“Box in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20in. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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