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Meanings of fenced in in English

Confined.

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Usage of fenced in in English
1
It must be fenced in, and whatever is fenced in is narrow.
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
2
It was fenced in, and the fence was covered with drying hides.
The Killer
3
Sometimes a common field was fenced in and planted with Indian corn.
Home Life in Colonial Days
4
A man finds his rice field disturbed even though well fenced in.
A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
5
Properties were fenced in, fences and houses were torn down, scuffles ensued.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
6
Because they're fenced in and fed for hours to keep them there.
News.com.au
7
The remainder of the strip is fenced in with chicken fence.
The Dollar Hen
8
And here there was a considerable expanse fenced in-almostan acre, it seemed.
Space Platform
9
The site is now rudely fenced in, and cultivated as a vegetable garden.
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
10
The place was completely fenced in, amid the desolation and gloom.
Reuters
11
Though I always felt fenced in, you did an amazing job.
Surrender to the will of the night
12
Some fellers are kind o' fenced in with humliness and awkwardness.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
13
Occasionally she tossed John, fenced in beside her, a cheerful word.
The Wishing-Ring Man
14
One of my uncles fenced in the Commonwealth Games for Dominica.
The Guardian
15
Wealth hasn't made me a solemn ass, fenced in and unapproachable.
The Deluge
16
The farms in Maine are fenced in with stone walls.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common