Usage of "coop up" | TermGallery

Confine in or as if in a coop.

Uso de coop up em inglês

You might as well coop up a lark in a hen-house and expect it to thrive and sing. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 

By occupying all the posts of Egypt, we can coop up the French and force them to capitulate. 
 William Pitt and the Great War 

After being cooped up for so long, it's good to be outside. 
 Practical Magic 

Think of being cooped up in the city this time of year. 
 Stubble 

I can't do it myself, cooped up miles away in the country. 
 Something New 

We are cooped up with no end in sight, getting increasingly irascible. 
 The Irish Times 

Shops closed, the traffic halted, workers remained cooped up in steamy offices. 
 After the Rain : how the West lost the East 

It's too cooped up; you get a feeling of being a prisoner. 
 Their Pilgrimage 

It's just that I am cooped up in that anteroom so much. 
 The kommandant's girl 

He gave the impression of a prisoner cooped up in a cell. 
 The Human Factor 

But it's the shining light on the hill for cooped up Victorians. 
 News.com.au 

We remained cooped up eight days and nights with that curious crew. 
 Roughing It 

He seemed nice, but she was tired of being cooped up inside. 
 Wings 

I hate to be cooped up here as much as you do. 
 Tess of the Storm Country 

The sun would do you good-being cooped up in here all winter. 
 Harvest Home 

I can't endure the cold after being cooped up for so long. 
 Graustark 

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Significados de coop up em inglês