How to Use confined in a Sentence

confined

adjective
  • She gets uncomfortable in confined spaces.
  • Darker colors like charcoal or slate gray absorb light and can make a kitchen feel more confined.
    — Shagun Khare, The Spruce, 24 May 2026
  • Among other things there is a danger of a buildup of carbon dioxide in some of the more confined spaces.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 4 July 2018
  • But the slow, steady expansion of coaching and training staffs over the years has only made the space feel more confined.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2016
  • Right now people feel confined and often don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, Castillo says.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The new tubes solve that problem with an internal divider at the middle of the tube that helps trap the air in a confined chamber.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These projects often remain confined to the realm of experiments.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2020
  • And the seawalls the Army Corps is proposing for the area could serve to make residents feel all the more confined.
    — Geoff Dembicki, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Amid the pandemic, and now the cold, dark descent into winter, many of us are more confined to our homes than ever before.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Passengers remain confined to their cabins, which vary in size from suite-like spaces to rooms the size of a single-car garage or smaller.
    — USA Today, 11 Feb. 2020
  • At its start, its protagonist, Claire, is feeling very confined indeed.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The change in color depends on how electrons act differently in more confined or less confined spaces.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The effects of that crisis will not remain confined to the region for long, however, nor will the people already dealing with the sharp end of it.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 17 July 2019
  • With space at a premium, residents have learned to fit everything in very confined spaces, from beds to appliances to cars, as well as buildings.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2020
  • In a confined world of discipline, a girl’s quiet longing unfolds through a box of chocolate, where desire and control begin to dissolve.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2026
  • That included a technical rescue team that is trained in the removal of victims trapped in complex or confined spaces, fire officials said.
    — NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • Diners are there to enjoy a nice, relaxing meal, but some dogs, especially very large dogs or multiple dogs, can be a handful in small, confined spaces.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The lagoon at once outlines the confined world of Sant’Erasmo locals and provides them with a sprawling playground of temporary escape.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • As long as tensions remain confined to economic sabotage, Vatanka said, groups like Hezbollah and the Houthis will likely stay out of the fray.
    — Washington Post, 19 June 2019
  • Mike Norman said the department’s technical rescue team, which is trained in recovering people from small, confined spaces, pulled the body from the sewer.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2022
  • New York State now has six months to develop a plan to comply with a recent class action settlement addressing the lack of adequate mental health services for confined youth.
    — Gladys Carrión, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • By collecting data on the big cats, the Olympic Cougar Project is bolstering the case for constructing a wildlife overpass over I-5 so that the species is less confined.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The task is challenging due to the need for online adaptation to varying door properties and precise control in manipulating the door panel and navigating through the confined doorway.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Sep. 2024
  • In large-scale poultry operations, chickens are typically raised in very confined spaces, which offers them little to no opportunity for movement — let alone social enrichment.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • That makes the technology attractive for confined environments, such as ships and spacecraft, according to the Institute of Mechanics.
    — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • For instance, light particles like positrons (or electrons, in this experiment) need extremely fast oscillations, gigahertz (GHz) frequencies, to stay confined.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Digital Aerolus’ industrial drones do not use GPS or external sensors, enabling them to operate stably in places other drones cannot go, including small and confined spaces.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2020

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