Emotions & feelings
feel boxed in
feel trapped or restricted
If you feel boxed in, you feel trapped because you have too little space, freedom, or choice.
Hear it in real life
How is the new apartment?
It's comfortable, but I feel boxed in by the small windows.
I feel boxed in when every weekend is fully booked with other people's plans.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I feel boxed inside by my responsibilities.
Say: I feel boxed in by my responsibilities.
The expression is “boxed in”; “boxed inside” does not convey feeling restricted.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
feel boxed in; felt boxed in; be boxed in by
Your turn: say it out loud
I feel boxed in when every weekend is fully booked with other people's plans.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
feel boxed in
feel trapped or restricted
“I feel boxed in when every weekend is fully booked with other people's plans.”
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