Used in a Sentence

packed

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

Editorial note

They were packed in dry ice. I took the dry ice; packed it in a two liter bottle; put in hot water; and, put the cap on.

Examples19
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

adjective

pressed together or compressed; "packed snow"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for packed.

adjective

filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

adjective

pressed together or compressed; "packed snow"

Example sentences

1

They were packed in dry ice. I took the dry ice; packed it in a two liter bottle; put in hot water; and, put the cap on.

2

The roads are gravel at best, and often just packed dirt or sand. You can very easily get bogged, if you don't know what you are doing.

3

There's so much stuff and it's packed so tightly together that I really can't decide what I want to look at. - The Olympics banner is neat.

4

Says one Uber virgin to the Uber-savvy commuter that packed them into the car." Oh, it means Uber can charge you whatever they want during peak times."

5

Most of us kept all of our stuff packed in cardboard boxes, ready to walk out the door or change offices whenever people left. One friend kept a wall of ex-employee nameplates in his cube.

6

You probably sit in restaurants like this regularly and think, "This place must be a goldmine, it's always packed." It isn't, it's a money pit and the next guy that buys it is going to discover that as well.

7

My favourite is the sunken ship packed with explosives in the Thames estuary. As it rusts, it could explode at any time, sending a small tidal wave up the river and into London.

8

MMO's are packed with possible communication channels in addition to chat. Ever wonder if that annoying gnome in the auction hall is jumping in morse code?

9

Any animal that starts life having to unglue their feet from the bottom of a vacuum-packed, delivery case is a winner.

10

Nowadays bicycle hubs are packed with grease and the last thing you want to do is to oil them. However, once upon a time, oil was what you used to lubricate bearings, and still was the case with 3-speed 'Sturmey Archer' hub gears up until the 1970's.

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I made and packed my own school lunches from age 8 on. The line between my world and the adult's world was very clearly defined and it was clear that I had to make my own fun, but the parameters around what I was allowed to do were well defined as well.

12

I remember going on a trip where we stayed in a cabin at a campsite because it was cheaper, and we packed a cooler full of food for the duration of the trip so we didn't have to spend money on eating out. This trip was a good time for very cheap.

13

Despite meeting these demands, it was fruitless, and I was told during a meeting that my bags were packed and waiting for me in the lobby, and to hand over my badge and laptop immediately. > In order to do this effectively you need to have agency.

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Given that perspective and Apple's very cushy margins, I expected Amazon not to approach the market with an expensive phone packed with new features, but to approach the market from the bottom, with a good phone that is free or nearly free. The problem, of course, is that Google seems to have that segment wrapped up.

15

The note about no downloads is for all those who download 360 emulators from shady YouTube links and such - there's a surprising number of fakes packed with malware and viruses floating around. Status of the project is that it's coming along well, after a long period of inactivity.

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This essay is fairly amazing -- there's so much emotion and so many assertions packed into it, and yet they're all founded on innuendo and hearsay, not on how things actually are. Most of the things Leon writes are factually incorrect, but at the same time, you can see how listening to enough FUD might make you start to think them...

17

Larry would do these big usability studies and demonstrate beyond any shred of doubt that nobody can understand that frigging website, but Bezos just couldn't let go of those pixels, all those millions of semantics-packed pixels on the landing page. They were like millions of his own precious children.

18

Why do you think parking garages and cars themselves will not be able to be packed in more efficiently and quickly when they can autonomously coordinate their insertion and removal from a fixed area? Why do you even think that centralized parking garages will be as necessary when autonomously controlled vehicles can coordinate to efficiently fill any designated parking space that is road accessible?

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For those of you unfamiliar with the sailing sport, it is unique in the fact that it is intensely physical and action packed, but also governed very strictly with rules and procedures. It is not uncommon for a crew to finish a race sweaty and exhausted and a few hours later meet in a ballroom in black tie attire to go through a procedure that is reminiscent of courtroom proceedings to determine if a rule was broken or if a foul play was involved.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use packed in a sentence?

They were packed in dry ice. I took the dry ice; packed it in a two liter bottle; put in hot water; and, put the cap on.

What does packed mean?

filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

What part of speech is packed?

packed is commonly used as adjective.