Similar words: open up, happen upon, even up, taken up, liven up, waken up, freshen up, loosen up. Meaning: v. confine in a fold, like sheep.
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1 How long has she been penned up in the house by her illness?
2 His anger had been penned up for too long.
3 The soldiers were penned up in their barracks.
4 The whole family were penned up in one room for a month.
5 The convalescent child was penned up in the house by his parent.
6 I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.
7 The flu kept him penned up at home for a week.
8 He picked the pen up with a petulant gesture.
9 Pen up the chickens for the night.
10 She picked the pen up and gave it back to me.
11 But when I picked the pen up and wrote down a character,(www.Sentencedict.com) I found it very ugly.
12 He was going to pen up there for the weekend.
13 I was pleased that he noticed my perfume, until he held a wide felt-tip pen up to his nose and said, "Yep. New markers."
14 A point that does not block the flow may leave drops of ink, as you pick the pen up and put it down again.
15 I could have kept him in my back yard, but to pen up a dog like that is a sin.
16 It consists largely of young men (although it admits all types) who run in front of the bulls to lead them from their pen up and into the bull-ring.
More similar words: open up, happen upon, even up, taken up, liven up, waken up, freshen up, loosen up, fatten up, soften up, smarten up, lighten up, tighten up, prenuptial, straighten up, penury, penumbra, penurious, penultimate, open university, spend a penny, pencil sharpener, own up, pin up, win up, sunup, run up, runup, pinup, run-up.