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as in confined
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as in constricted
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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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Recent Examples of cramped
Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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
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
Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Court documents alleged unclean conditions, painful procedures without proper medication, and cramped living quarters for the animals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The arrangement was only supposed to last four to five months, but they were all cramped together in a one-bedroom apartment.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The interior was dim and cramped, it wasn’t set up for a shopkeeper of his size.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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
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
Adjective
While many pieces were previously exhibited at the cramped century-old Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo, some items remained locked away in storage.
—Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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
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
Verb
Though the locker room area felt a little cramped, the treatment menu itself could not be more extensive, with everything from Indian head massages and Guinot facials to Dead Sea mud therapy and a special selection of Ayurvedic offerings.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Court documents alleged unclean conditions, painful procedures without proper medication, and cramped living quarters for the animals.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The arrangement was only supposed to last four to five months, but they were all cramped together in a one-bedroom apartment.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
The interior was dim and cramped, it wasn’t set up for a shopkeeper of his size.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cramped
Adjective
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Given how much of the story takes place in a confined setting, when one character launches themselves across a table to attack another, the moment is breathtaking.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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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
Verb
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This isn’t the first time injuries have hampered Norfleet.—
Chase Gemes,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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All of these issues combined have left Target with a workforce that has grown faster than sales and a complex corporate structure that has hampered decision-making and created needless red tape.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annie Palmer,Frank Holland,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Still, he is limited to a DH spot due to his limited mobility, which stops him from playing in the corner outfield.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Although outdoor tests have begun, long-term reliability data remain limited.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, Simmons’ financial liabilities don’t seem to have impeded his movements.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Gaza desperately needs items that the Israeli government has frequently impeded, such as emergency shelter supplies, infrastructure reconstruction materials, medical supplies, fuel, and power generation.—
Jeremy Konyndyk,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fort Worth commanders placed Johnson on restricted duty for the duration of the incomplete criminal and Internal Affairs Unit administrative investigations, according to a department spokesperson.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Under Soviet rule, Dnipro had been a hub of the USSR’s military and space industries and a closed high security city with restricted access.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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When pirating hindered the shipping of gold to Lisbon, Paraty pivoted to farming sugarcane (the basis of cachaça) and later became one of the earliest hubs for coffee growing in a country that is still the globe’s largest exporter of beans.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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At an October debate, Bowman tried to portray Pureval as soft on crime and alleged that unspecified initiatives from City Hall had hindered police from doing their jobs.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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During this time frame, a narrow, intense lake-effect snow band, only about 10 miles wide, will be capable of thunder, wind gusts near 35 mph and near-zero visibility at its peak.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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The climb is infamous for its heart-pumping switchbacks and vertiginous jaunt along a narrow sliver of crag.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 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
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“Cramped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cramped. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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