as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
having to constantly entertain guests at the summer cottage was really cramping my writing efforts
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as in constricted
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Recent Examples of cramped
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
In Al Mawasi, miles of fields have been turned into cramped camps of thousands of tents.
—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
With its single Xenomorph antagonist, its cramped environment, and its fairly helpless cast of characters, a video-game adaptation sounds like an exercise in pure dourness.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
The arrangement offers a cramped kind of luxury and a social life protected by doormen and security codes.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Those charged with lese majeste can face months or even years in pre-trial detention, contending with the cramped and harsh environment of Thai prison life before even receiving a verdict.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
The housing is for farmworkers aged 55 and up, many of whom live in substandard or cramped conditions due to their income.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Sure, there's a definite shift of styles between the grim, cramped jail cell and a lavish Hollywood musical, but the latter seems almost subdued.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Fenway Park is among his least favorites because it is cramped and old.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Small bedrooms require a strategic design plan in order to feel inviting and spacious, rather than cramped and cluttered.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
That’s an awful lot of features to fit into a trailer of this sizes, but an electric pop-top roof helps insure you and your travel buddy never feel cramped.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Brian was inconsolable and cramped down on his hunkers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
The nighttime arrivals mark the official opening of the first phase of the new Terminal 1, which replaces the 1960s-era existing facility that has grown cramped and outdated.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Trevor Lawrence and the upstart Jags are still trying to break through in a cramped AFC; Matthew Stafford and his Angelenos must adapt on the fly without their elite lead receiver.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
In Al Mawasi, miles of fields have been turned into cramped camps of thousands of tents.
—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
With its single Xenomorph antagonist, its cramped environment, and its fairly helpless cast of characters, a video-game adaptation sounds like an exercise in pure dourness.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
The arrangement offers a cramped kind of luxury and a social life protected by doormen and security codes.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2025
Those charged with lese majeste can face months or even years in pre-trial detention, contending with the cramped and harsh environment of Thai prison life before even receiving a verdict.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
My feet, cramped and stiff, began to pulse.
—Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
The housing is for farmworkers aged 55 and up, many of whom live in substandard or cramped conditions due to their income.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
Sure, there's a definite shift of styles between the grim, cramped jail cell and a lavish Hollywood musical, but the latter seems almost subdued.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
Fenway Park is among his least favorites because it is cramped and old.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Small bedrooms require a strategic design plan in order to feel inviting and spacious, rather than cramped and cluttered.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
That’s an awful lot of features to fit into a trailer of this sizes, but an electric pop-top roof helps insure you and your travel buddy never feel cramped.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2025
Brian was inconsolable and cramped down on his hunkers.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
The nighttime arrivals mark the official opening of the first phase of the new Terminal 1, which replaces the 1960s-era existing facility that has grown cramped and outdated.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cramped
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Scalability is also hampered by using hazardous, non-recyclable solvents in many processes.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Seniors Caroline Gamez and Mee Muldoon said this year’s trail is more confined — exclusively in the theater department — and hopefully spookier.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Termites live in a very confined environment with ideal growth conditions for various microbes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Charges The obstruction charge centers on allegations that Comey directed subordinates to remove or conceal those memos from FBI systems after his dismissal in May 2017, actions prosecutors claim impeded a lawful investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified material.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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For years, technological, geographical and financial hurdles impeded wave and tide energy development.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The wide on-ramp into the data means that everyone from researchers, journalists, and policymakers to healthcare providers, community leaders, and families on the frontlines of the crisis can all make informed decisions about where limited resources might be best directed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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Vigna makes no apologies for keeping production extremely limited to focus on innovation, customer service and cachet.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Singapore is vulnerable if its sea lines of communication are hindered, as 90 percent of its food is imported and most arrives by sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kim and her teammates were initially hindered by visual noise coming from Earth’s atmosphere.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Leroy and his friend Pauly Russo (Rudy Mancuso) immediately notice the numerous restricted areas, which appear to interfere with sacred Indigenous grounds.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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The process typically lasts only a few minutes per sheep and is done at least once a year to prevent health complications such as overheating, flystrike, and restricted movement caused by excess wool growth.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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French authorities have arrested several suspects after a frantic manhunt for the men who staged a spectacular daytime heist at the Louvre museum that gripped the world and embarrassed the government in Paris.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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United, some of whose senior leadership team, including its chief executive, Scott Kirby, came from American, has done the opposite and is in the process of adding thousands of screens to narrow-body planes both new and old, including Bluetooth technology for wireless headphones.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Fitzgerald was designed to carry as much cargo as possible and still fit through the narrow locks at Sault Ste.—
Kevin Duchschere,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Cramped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cramped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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