How to Use contained in a Sentence

contained

adjective

• And whole home rental may be seen as more contained and secure.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 June 2020
• Three contained cotton balls soaked in urine from the other three dogs.
  — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 18 June 2021
• Italy has also seen a pick up in new cases, albeit more contained than elsewhere.
  — Rodrigo Orihuela, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2020
• But now all her chaotic energy, once smeared across whole vistas, feels more contained.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
• Wednesday evening said conditions over the next few days and the weekend could help crews get the blaze more contained.
  — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2021
• The plane crashed into a backyard, and a small, contained fire erupted from the impact, Arthur said.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2021
• Two-year spreads, which are a bellwether of immediate panic, are more contained.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 15 June 2022
• The fire was 65 percent contained and colder, moister weather was helping.
  — Robert Jablon, Houston Chronicle, 23 Dec. 2017
• But the fire is still 0% contained, leading incident managers to divide their efforts to attack the fire.
  — oregonlive, 13 July 2021
• Some noted the fridge in Bedford-Stuyvesant contained sausage even though Adams is vegan.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021
• Heap leaching is similar to in-situ leaching, but the difference is that all of the fluid is applied in the open air and is less contained.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2021
• During a short, contained event like the Boston Marathon bombing, a leader might set the tone definitively.
  — Douglas Starr, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
• The company sold products that were moldy and contained amounts of THC two to three times higher than the limit, the board found.
  — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2017
• The group found that 83% of surface waters tested contained traces of least one PFAS.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
• While the state has managed to keep the disease more contained than some other large states, its average daily case count has risen by 13 percent over the last two weeks.
  — Alexander Burns, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• The blaze, dubbed the Sandalwood Fire, was 10% percent contained Thursday night.
  — Stefanie Dazio, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2019