walled

Definition of wallednext
past tense of wall

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • And physically, there is no other venue like it, sitting in the grass, surrounded by trees, in a natural amphitheater that can host outdoor concerts for nearly eight months of the year.
    Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • In Scotland, we’re surrounded by it all the time.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • At the time, detectives collected and preserved physical evidence but were unable to narrow down a suspect.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 29 May 2026
  • The core of the building will be preserved, and the outside is getting a makeover.
    Chase Jordan May 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.
    Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One of them, a circular structure measuring 250 square meters (approximately 2,690 square feet), was located in an area between the ditch systems that enclosed the smaller houses, as archaeologists attempt to understand the site’s urban planning.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
  • The decision effectively killed the Park District’s vision for creating an off-leash dog beach enclosed in chain-link fence.
    Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Commitment to the greater good buffered the AI aversion.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Multiple security checkpoints buffered the site from the street, and officers from both agencies maintained a heavy presence throughout the groundbreaking ceremony.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The Boise County Sheriff’s Office said Idaho 55 lanes were closed in both directions near mile post 93, south of Smith’s Ferry and Cascade.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 31 May 2026
  • Located about 15 miles northwest of Morrilton, the community was perhaps best known for a general store that closed in 1983.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • The genetic machinery for responding to photoperiod is deeply conserved; there is no evolutionary precedent for light at the wrong time of night, and therefore no adaptive buffer against it.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • These nuclei are extremely well conserved across different species through evolution, all the way from lampreys to humans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Her daughter, Soraya, had taken refuge there with her three children, Christina, Charbel, and Elias, after fleeing Debl, a Christian border village now encircled by Israeli troops.
    Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • The feeder includes four feeding ports and is encircled by a perch if your backyard birds are in need of rest between sips.
    Brittany VanDerBill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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