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"penned in" is a correct phrase that is commonly used in written English.
It means to be confined or restricted within a limited space or situation. Example: The prisoners were constantly penned in by the high walls and barbed wire fences of the maximum security prison.
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They will largely ignore sentiment, wary of being penned in by expensive deals to aging players.
I felt penned in.
Throughout the novel, emotion is penned in by Chris's commentary.
The field was penned in by dark loblolly pines.
I suspect that Romney might even like being penned in.
They're penned in right under their own posts.
That's what all those career narratives were doing that he had penned in the early 1640s.
Taylor Townsend's game reflects her disdain for being pigeonholed or penned in.
She and the other women were penned in behind police netting meant for crowd control.
Whereas once they could wander hundreds of miles, now they are penned in.
Penned in black or red hearts one can read: Smith & Hinkle, Together 4-ever.
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