Caged
[kedʒd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Cage
(a.) Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison.
Typist: Morton
Examples
- The caged eagle, whose gold-ringed eyes cruelty has extinguished, might look as looked that sightless Samson. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Shortly after we had been caged the amphitheater began to fill and within an hour every available part of the seating space was occupied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The air that would be healthful to the earth, the water that would enrich it, the heat that would ripen it, tear it when caged up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I asked, for his manner suggested that it was some strange creature which he had caged up in my room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are caged up with all the others. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The dismal wind was muttering round the house, the tide was flapping at the shore, and I had a feeling that we were caged and threatened. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And then, he added, whispering and grinning, if that ever was to happen--which it won't--the birds that have never been caged would kill 'em. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Morton