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Meanings of pent in English

Closely confined.

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Usage of pent in English
1
Release some of that pent-up energy with a temporary indoor obstacle course.
Wired
2
All the pent energies of her vanished youth were in the dream.
The Knave of Diamonds
3
All the pent-up hatred of the months boiled over in his heart.
Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War
4
Perhaps it was only the natural relief of expressing a pent-up sorrow.
Prue and I
5
Who has all this violence but it's pent up until it explodes.
Wired
6
Then the pent-up misery of months exploded in a cascade of words.
The Coming of Bill
7
The wicked slaves expended their pent up emotions in song and dance.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
8
Then the long-pent rage of England suddenly burst in war with Spain.
The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe
9
Unfortunately, he underestimated the pent-up frustrations of those who couldn't afford housing.
Enigma of China
10
Property sales may start to ease as pent-up demand is gradually absorbed.
Reuters
11
Surely the boxes we were pent in never held such company before.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
12
All the pent-up feelings in both their souls let loose at last.
The Man and the Moment
13
The strain upon pent emotion reached its climax when the boy said:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
14
Some of that reflects pent-up demand after two years of recession-sapped sales.
Reuters
15
A crowd quickly gathered round the door and pent up the alley-way.
An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ...
16
After enough time, that pent-up desire to sell has to be released.
News.com.au
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Pent across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common