wall in
phrasal verb
walled in; walling in; walls in
: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall
The school grounds are walled in.
They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.
Examples of wall in in a Sentence
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Since opening its doors in 2000, the studio had given its staff free rein to draw on the walls in one of the building’s stairwells.
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Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Some of his daughter's friends had written personal notes on the walls in her room.
—USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Add a white trellis over a pale blue wall for a dream-like mood, or hang it on a pastel pink wall in your bedroom for a whimsical, coquette touch.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
Gleeson’s theory is that the bacteria somehow invades the inner layer of the kidney walls in patients who later develop IgA nephropathy.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Mar. 2024
Betts punctuated a four-spot in the bottom half of the third with a double off the wall in left, then added a two-run home run with a fifth-inning blast to left.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Catcher Parker Stroh hit a solo home run over the right-field wall in the fourth.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024
Perez drilled a two-run homer over the center-field wall in the first inning.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
Many artists amass their collections through trades: The walls in their spaces are a biography of their friendships, their peers, their mentors and students.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Some of his daughter's friends had written personal notes on the walls in her room.
—USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Add a white trellis over a pale blue wall for a dream-like mood, or hang it on a pastel pink wall in your bedroom for a whimsical, coquette touch.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
Gleeson’s theory is that the bacteria somehow invades the inner layer of the kidney walls in patients who later develop IgA nephropathy.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 27 Mar. 2024
Betts punctuated a four-spot in the bottom half of the third with a double off the wall in left, then added a two-run home run with a fifth-inning blast to left.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Catcher Parker Stroh hit a solo home run over the right-field wall in the fourth.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024
Perez drilled a two-run homer over the center-field wall in the first inning.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
Many artists amass their collections through trades: The walls in their spaces are a biography of their friendships, their peers, their mentors and students.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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