cramped
/kɹæmpt/ adjective B2- Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially.
- Overcrowded or congested.
- Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- Illegible.
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Even where he was, Shere Khan’s shoulders and forepaws were cramped for want of room, as a man’s would be if he tried to fight in a barrel.
Suppose she grew so tired and cramped that she could hold on no longer!
She was really quite unstrung, for the reaction from her fright and cramped clinging was making itself felt.
At first my neck was cramped with looking at it, but at the end of a year I became used to it; and then we have our hours of recreation, and our holidays.”
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