hemmed

past tense of hem

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemmed
Verb
  • Near West Side Partners’ mission is to revitalize and sustain neighborhoods bordered by I-43 on the east, Highway 41 on the west, Vliet Street and Highland Boulevard on the north, and I-94 on the south.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The data center would replace more than a dozen bucolic parcels off I-74 and bordered by South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The company had traditionally hesitated to include browns in its product range, but in her first year, after nixing the violet, Waight Keller introduced mocha brown, chocolaty brown, and a winey brown that looked like it had been poured from a decanter.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Tran said some Republican clubs have even hesitated to ask their universities for support or security for their events.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Elephants moved silently in the distance, and a herd of impala bounded across the plain, skittish but unconcerned with us.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The area is a rough triangle bounded by the 12th Street viaduct to the south, the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the north, Santa Fe Street to the east and Liberty Street to the west.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And there's winterbor, which has fringed blue-green leaves.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Across the garden, a pool and graceful pavilion are fringed by trees.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As the Spirit flight hovered at 33,000 feet above Long Island and edged closer to Air Force One, the controller’s tone grew increasingly exasperated.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, their median expectations for the unemployment rate in 2026 slightly decreased, while their forecast for core inflation edged up modestly.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Borrowers visited bank branches, submitted paperwork, and waited for credit committees to decide.
    AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This designation allowed those companies to legally sell their existing spirits, while the rest of the alcohol industry either waited it out, sold their stock to a company with a license, or dabbled in the underground spirits world.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Not trimmed, not tempered, not tolerated, but completely extinguished.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The September decision to hold rates was widely expected, after the central bank last trimmed the key interest rate by 25 basis points in August.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Photos from the vigil showed supporters assembling around images of the conservative activist, surrounded by candles and other tributes.
    Sophia Compton , Andrea Margolis , Olivia Palombo, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cassell said prosecutors may have hinted at that strategy in their initial probable cause affidavit that pointed out Kirk was surrounded by a large crowd, including people immediately adjacent and behind him.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Hemmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemmed. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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