cage
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Synonyms for cage
Synonyms: Noun
coop, corral, hutch, pen, pound
Synonyms: Verb
box (in), closet, coop (up), corral, encage, encase, enclose (also inclose), envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)
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Examples of cage in a Sentence
Noun
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cagesVerb
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone upRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
For the evening, Brown wore a long black gown featuring a thigh-high slit and cut-outs in the bodice’s rib-cage area, accessorizing with hoop earrings, various rings, a bracelet, and a gold clutch. — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, "Gerard Butler and Girlfriend Morgan Show Some PDA at the Red Carpet Premiere of His New Movie," 21 Aug. 2019 Almost nine months since the protests began, the country has signed this power-sharing deal — and al-Bashir is locked in a defendant’s cage in a Sudanese courtroom. — Jen Kirby, Vox, "Sudan signs power-sharing deal as its former dictator goes to trial," 19 Aug. 2019 As Du Bois would have remembered, in 1906 the zoo put an African man named Ota Benga on display in the primate cages. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 The stage of the 1990 Magic Summer tour — the Kingdome show — had been separated from the front row by a 10-foot moat, an actual cage, and a line of massive security dudes. — Rebecca Schuman, Longreads, "I’ll Be Loving You Forever," 14 Aug. 2019 Iowa passed a law last year requiring grocers to sell eggs from hens in battery cages. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon goes ‘cage-free,’ giving state’s chickens room to move around," 13 Aug. 2019 With cages artfully lining one wall of the room with their owners standing by, fans can pet a guinea pig while looking at the paraphernalia. — Caroline Tew, EW.com, "You can hold adorable guinea pigs at Fleabag-inspired pop-up cafe in Los Angeles," 7 Aug. 2019 Blocking inflammation in mice living in sterile cages may reduce cancer, but a similar strategy in people in the real world could limit defenses against infections because inflammation is part of our immune response. — Robert Gatenby, Scientific American, "Darwin’s Ideas on Evolution Drive a Radical New Approach to Cancer Drug Use," 3 Aug. 2019 The wildlings also retained their wild microbiomes for several generations, and even passed on their microbes to cage mates that had been raised in the lab. — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, "Could lab mice born to wild parents improve the search for human cures?," 1 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
First of all, what Trump is trying to do is compare parts of Baltimore with people being caged along the border. — Washington Post, "Maryland slaps back at Trump over tweet attacking Baltimore and congressman," 27 July 2019 Another way is this: The post-liberal project seeks to cage the furies loosed by Donald Trump and put them at the service of an intellectually coherent movement without the baggage of a leader accused by multiple women of rape. — Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, "Is Josh Hawley For Real?," 25 July 2019 The officer talked to the canines’ owners, who said the animals, which were caged, got through a fence. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "Quick-change scam pulled on Chick-fil-A cashier: Strongsville Police Blotter," 26 June 2019 The Washington Post described a scene where nearly 400 men were packed behind caged fences in sweltering heat and virtually no space for anyone to lie down on the concrete floor. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "On ‘Face the Nation,’ Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin discusses fear in Latino community over planned immigration raids, Trump tweets," 14 July 2019 The Humane Society of the United States estimates that there are 5,000 to 7,000 caged tigers in this country. — oregonlive.com, "The trouble with tigers in America," 13 July 2019 However, at the second facility Pence visited there were about 400 men caged in a dirty, sweltering room . — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Rep. Peters visits Texas-Mexico border, describes poor conditions and room for government action," 13 July 2019 People are being caged, sleeping on the ground, freezing, contained in crowded spaces. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "The “concentration camp” language debate is the wrong fight," 13 July 2019 In 2012, wildlife officers raided Sipek’s compound and seized a trio of big cats from the property, citing caging violations. — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, "Steve Sipek, owner of Bobo the slain tiger, dies at 77," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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