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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of hem.

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Examples

  • Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 03 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 03 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 03 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Like a stag hemmed in by dogs, he turned his head to this side and that, seeking a way of escape; and when he looked again where his antagonist had stood, the spot was clear; the nimble rascal had taken to his heels and vanished among the throng.

    A Thorny Path — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • At first they kind of hemmed and hawed because the guy who rented it to me wasn't there anymore.

    How I Got $100 Back From Enterprise - The Consumerist 2009

  • And with no lights on one of these cavernous vessels, they were kind of hemmed in there.

    CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2009 2009

  • He kind of hemmed and hawed and I told him that I didn't mind if he was, but that I didn't date people who were dating other people - it just always led to mixed and hurt feelings.

    blog: My Heart in San Francisco 2008

  • Q Ambassador Lord kind of hemmed and hawed a little bit about whether or not the Chinese had even, in body language or tone, given any sort of optimism about human rights.

    Background Briefing On President Apec Meetings ITY National Archives 1996

  • I feel kind of hemmed in, kind of guilty about maybe not caring enough about things, lonely, like I've wasted half my life, and maybe plain restless.

    An Ill Fate Marshalling Cook, Glen 1988

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