Used in a Sentence

cramped

How to use cramped in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for cramped.

Editorial note

It's cramped, we have bunk beds and sleeping bags.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cramped.

adjective

constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

Example sentences

1

It's cramped, we have bunk beds and sleeping bags.

2

Office cubes were cramped, there is no free soda, drinks.

3

They grew up in cramped, damp houses with no central heating or indoor plumbing.

4

Why would you want to maximize the time spent sitting, especially on a cramped plane?

5

The guy wanting sugar pills, the guys being cramped with another cell available, the beating up suspects.

6

If built with high-rises with generous street set-backs, 50,000 people per square mile is very easy to achieve without feeling cramped.

7

In day to day usage, I find the new Maps is a net positive whereas the previous one was both overcrowded and cramped.

8

"...never learned to by hyper-vigilant..."My eyebrow just raised so far my forehead cramped.

9

We Americans are too stupid to engineer a reasonable patent system, and the price we pay is cramped innovation and increased costs.

10

It had nothing to do with smugness and everything to do with a seat that isn't painfully small, enough legroom to avoid being horribly cramped, ability to recline more than five degrees, and food that didn't make me want to vomit in terror.

11

I think some of the best and most productive days I have had have been where I have been in the same cramped office as the rest of my team and we were all working on different chunks of the same problem - "Bob - are you using a list or a dictionary to pass the foobars in?

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use cramped in a sentence?

It's cramped, we have bunk beds and sleeping bags.

What does cramped mean?

constricted in size; "cramped quarters"; "trying to bring children up in cramped high-rise apartments"

What part of speech is cramped?

cramped is commonly used as adjective.