How to Use packed in a Sentence

packed

adjective
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  • The theater is always packed when he performs there.
  • Add one cup of firmly packed brown sugar.
  • Oranges are packed full of vitamin C.
  • Archer Oh, after which the trio took the stage to screams from a packed crowd.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 July 2023
  • Rapp has had a busy start to the year following a packed 2023.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The verdict was read in a tense, packed Van Nuys courtroom.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
  • There’s just so much packed into the emotions of her songs.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 4 June 2023
  • Between the packed crowd and the 59-car grid, there's proof that sports car racing is in good shape.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The packed crowd still filed out of the Eagles Ballroom happy.
    — Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • The packed house at the Boy Meets World panel kicked off with a standing ovation.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
  • As the lights fell at the start of the show, the packed audience brimmed with expectation and the air rang with cheers.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
  • To keep all the packed jewelry safe, the case comes with a divider to prevent items from jostling around on the go.
    — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Bring a packed lunch to make a day of it, and settle in for a leisurely picnic among the area's changing leaves.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • With these packed lunch ideas, mealtime is no longer a worry.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Johnson led the way, feeling for a telltale vein of sand more loosely packed than the rest.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • The track looked great—a spiral of ramps surrounding a huge tabletop of packed dirt.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And after the hearing, as supporters of the victims filed out of the packed courtroom, a roar of cheers went up in the hall.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Going into a packed house with just you and your brothers.
    — Stefan Stevenson, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Frontman Dave Le’aupepe delivered a pre-recorded thank-you to the packed house.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
  • If the roots are tightly packed together, gently loosen them and spread them out.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The first weekend in May is set to be a packed one, especially with the Coronation of King Charles.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 7 May 2023
  • DeSantis’s speech drew hearty applause from a packed crowd in Jerusalem.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Homer art-rockers Ayla Ray closed the night to a packed house of fans and fellow musicians.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
  • The grid is absolutely packed, busier than Times Square with barely any room to move.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
  • For its part, Femme is often so packed that there’s only standing room.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The mom and model told Women’s Health that lunch is usually a packed salad.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The fall 2024 schedule is pretty packed even before any new series are added.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
  • If that’s the case, Holliday’s debut could very well come in front of a packed house at Camden Yards on March 28.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • At the front of a packed warehouse, 44-year-old Leda Bergonzi placed her hand on each of their foreheads and whispered into their ears.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That's why my bag always been too packed with all of my essential survival items!
    — townandcountrymag.com, 13 May 2023

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