verb
definition
To enclose in a pen.
noun
definition
Confinement; concealment.
adjective
definition
Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
Examples of pent in a Sentence
Out of respect for Katie, he bit back the bitter words at the tip of his tongue. He stalked past her, waiting for the moment he could release the pent up fury and magic.
The reign of " Thorough " was collapsing, and the forces pent up since 1629 were soon to rend the fabric of the state.
Boppard is a favourite tourist centre, and being less pent in by hills than many other places in this part of the picturesque gorge of the Rhine, has in modern times become a residential town.
He'd enjoyed himself that night, more so than ever before, because he let go of the side of himself that viewed sex as either a test by a dictatorial goddess or a necessary release for pent up frustration.
Rolling it around can provide a physical outlet for pent up physiological symptoms.
Stress builds up a great deal of pent up energy that needs to go somewhere.
Many people with pent up anxiety will engage in sports such as football, baseball, or tennis.
The wonderful thing about any art form is that it allows you to release pent up feelings without having to follow "the rules".
Stress can zap your energy, but when your body releases pent up adrenaline during exercise or excitement, your body releases oxygen and gives you a natural boost.
Even the most expensive stress ball is typically less than $10, and many novelty stress balls are less than $5, making them an inexpensive way to squeeze out your frustrations and relieve pent up stress in your wrists, hands, and fingers.
However, sometimes you will have to talk about situations that are painful, but it's how you will work through it and free yourself from the pent up emotions that may be contributing to your depression.
Practitioners use it to assist clients in releasing pent up anger and mental anguish.
Mad at the world or dealing with pent up energy?
Scrunching up your shoulders as hard as possible to your ears then quickly relaxing releases that pent up anxiety.
Online chat rooms provide a safe, convenient venue to release pent up frustrations and make new connections.
Be sure to exercise your Aries pets, not only because pets, like people need regular exercise, but because it also helps them to get rid of their pent up energy.
Elkington showed that by cutting a deep drain through the clay, aided when necessary by wells or auger holes, the subjacent bed of sand or gravel in which a body of water is pent up by the clay, as in a vessel, might be tapped and the water conveyed harmlessly in the covered drain to the nearest ditch or stream.