cooping (up)

present participle of coop (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooping (up)
Verb
  • On one hand, state officials declare housing their top priority.
    Chip Monaco, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Ellis, a security guard for the building housing the obstetrician's office at the time, testified that the confrontation occurred after Cardi B, then pregnant with her first child, stepped out of an elevator on the fifth floor.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The boats offer a low-effort way to spy on some of the coolest marine life in the region, including bat rays and even the occasional shark.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings joined the company’s board in May 2025 after giving more than $20 million to Democrats, including $7 million to a pro-Harris super PAC.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, Florida's Miccosukee Tribe claimed the facility impacted its access to the surrounding area and posed risks to the tribe's food and water supply.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Parts of it would be carved up and grafted onto surrounding Democratic-leaning districts, and a significant portion would be added to a new Latino-majority seat in central Los Angeles County, basically leaving Calvert with a viable district from which to seek reelection.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The layout was created to be as open as possible, drawing inspiration from loft living while strategically enclosing private areas like the bedroom, dressing spaces, and Meloni’s office.
    Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • All around her, linen, encasing her, like a caul.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Desserts carry the same straightforward, honest goodness, as in fragile phyllo dough encasing mascarpone with cinnamon caramel and lovely lemon pistachios.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Bruni Tedeschi captures her in that vortex — her pulmonary illness confining her to bed one minute and her artistic drives reanimating her with defiant spirit the next.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Wildlife art can be confining, constricting, customary; contemporary artists are assuring its survival and vibrancy by breaking from the traditional.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Cooping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooping%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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