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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In addition to a model of an iconic Paris building, the toy company is also releasing a set of the city’s most famous painting: Beginning in October, customers will be able to build a Lego Mona Lisa and hang it on their wall in a detachable frame.
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Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
But the wall in the bedroom is scarred with bullet holes, spackled over but still visible.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Bouncing back from his troubling outings in Cincinnati, Yohan Ramirez retired the side in the fourth – with Vargas’ help, running down a drive by Jeff McNeil near the wall in left-center.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
The wall in the police station was covered in sheets of paper, one for every building in the sprawling Beijing apartment complex.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Firefighters used a sledgehammer to rescue a puppy trapped inside a wall in Southern California.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
In the fourth, Matos perfectly tracked Teoscar Hernández’s deep drive to center field, jumping, extending and robbing a home run, banging his body into the wall in the process.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Raley connected for a solo drive that barely cleared the wall in right field for his sixth homer of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
The play capped a wild inning that started with a walk by Dominic Fletcher — who had ended the bottom of the seventh with an outstanding catch while crashing into the wall in right-center that took away a three-run home run from Contreras.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
But the wall in the bedroom is scarred with bullet holes, spackled over but still visible.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Bouncing back from his troubling outings in Cincinnati, Yohan Ramirez retired the side in the fourth – with Vargas’ help, running down a drive by Jeff McNeil near the wall in left-center.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
The wall in the police station was covered in sheets of paper, one for every building in the sprawling Beijing apartment complex.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Firefighters used a sledgehammer to rescue a puppy trapped inside a wall in Southern California.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
In the fourth, Matos perfectly tracked Teoscar Hernández’s deep drive to center field, jumping, extending and robbing a home run, banging his body into the wall in the process.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Raley connected for a solo drive that barely cleared the wall in right field for his sixth homer of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
The play capped a wild inning that started with a walk by Dominic Fletcher — who had ended the bottom of the seventh with an outstanding catch while crashing into the wall in right-center that took away a three-run home run from Contreras.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2024
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