adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cramped conditions (= without enough space )
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The hostages were held in extremely cramped conditions.
cramped/poky (= too small and not comfortable )
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She spends most days shut up in a poky flat looking after her disabled Mum.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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cramped living conditions
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Conditions on board ship were extremely cramped and uncomfortable.
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Five workers were packed into a cramped office.
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I couldn't sleep on the plane - it was too cramped .
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I couldn't wait to move out of my cramped apartment.
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I hated working in that cramped little office.
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They worked from cramped offices near the main station.
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We all felt stiff from having been cramped up in the back of the car for so long.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
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I was becoming cramped on my branch but daren't move a muscle.
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It was bare, cramped and impersonal.
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It was hot, airless, badly lit, and generally had a cramped below-decks feel to it.
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The cramped dock area began to expand eastwards across the newly exposed terrain.
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The troops have to sleep in cramped conditions on the floor with up to 20 in a single room.
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You rest your cramped arms for a moment and push again.