Used in a Sentence

cornered

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cornered.

Editorial note

This is why the community is broken and sadly some of us feel cornered to do Affero or just not open source.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having corners.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cornered gathered in one view.

adjective

Having corners.

adjective

(figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cornered.

adjective

(figuratively) Of a person or animal, forced into a difficult or inescapable situation.

Example sentences

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This is why the community is broken and sadly some of us feel cornered to do Affero or just not open source.

2

When a tiger is cornered and they perceive they have no place left to run, the only thing they will do is lash out and hurt you.

3

Smaller cells are faster, so division will help you outrun a big attacker if you're totally cornered.

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They have you cornered and you don't see a way out of this without surrendering.

5

It works better for shapes that aren't as sharp-cornered as a cube, so consider modifying the shape to have rounded corners.

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And 'normally' inactives will feel bad about that too, unless they're cornered by society (bad access to learning and or new jobs).

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They can't use this argument as they have already cornered themselves in this regard.

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It's not that Microsoft is open - it's that they have computer makers cornered.

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The company I work for has cornered the industry and won out over MS for our last major contract.

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I remember how Microsoft cornered Borland and others to use some undocumented features of their OS, then make them incompatible.

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So yep, idea stolen, implemented and market cornered by a virtual monopoly.

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* The sector is cornered with not too innovative academics and conservative publisher companies with vested interests, even more conservative public institutions and associations (lawyers, notaries,...

Quote examples

1

All the more reason not to be like WoW - seems like WoW has the "being WoW" market pretty much cornered.

2

I'm reminded of a scene from Scrubs where Turk tells JD: "I love how kids of divorced parents swear they have the market cornered on family dysfunction...".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cornered in a sentence?

This is why the community is broken and sadly some of us feel cornered to do Affero or just not open source.

What does cornered mean?

Having corners.

What part of speech is cornered?

cornered is commonly used as adjective.