Sentence examples for try to box from inspiring English sources

"You try to box your opponent in with going public.

I hate it when people try to box me in to a relationship or in a work context.

Both are meant to try to box in Dish and its chairman, Charles W. Ergen, who have confounded Sprint and SoftBank with assaults on a number of fronts.

Former Representative Ken Bentsen of Texas, perhaps less constrained by political discretion than many, said he expected the Republicans to use the Boston convention "to paint Kerry as a Ted Kennedy liberal and try to box him into that role".

Officials have also made clear that Trump will try to box Democrats into paying for his border wall in a hostage exchange for "DACA amnesty," a deal that leaders on the left have said is "dead on arrival".

"It's not unusual, especially with a new administration coming in, getting a sense that the military might try to box you in on a political position, and I think Tom had what I would call kind of a questioning nature — are we really getting the real scoop?" said Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, who succeeded Mr. Gates.

It was like trying to box the wind.

"They're just trying to box me in and shit.

Slowly, Number 10 is trying to box Hutton in.

Williams said: "I was trying to box out hard.

"But the Democrats, rather than being constructive, are trying to box us in".