hem in in a sentence

Examples

1. Millions of Chinese live on land reclaimed with dikes that hem in rivers and lakes.
2. They were also to hem in the Moluche and become the secure bases of future campaigns.
3. There was nary a pointed hem in sight in Versolato's soigne collection Wednesday for nouvelles sirenes.
4. But he said it should not be permitted to hem in Congress in periods of economic downturn.
5. This move gives White no opportunity to capture, and threatens to hem in the pieces on the a-file.
6. The most striking feature of the Plan was a vast green belt to hem in the city's sprawl.
7. Many consider Qutang the most spectacular because of its cliffs that hem in the river like giant gates.
8. They were worn with straight short skirts whose only slits were tiny ones at the hem in back.
9. The wrap also hems in the base of your tree in overlapping spirals and stretches as it grows.
10. One side has more pieces than the other with the larger side attempting to hem in the smaller side.