How to Use packed in a Sentence

packed

adjective
  • 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
  • That’s about how packed the roach trap near the mop sink was with 10 roaches.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Wheels, chained up or not, will not do the job on heavy or packed snow.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • 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 event will also close out a packed few weeks for gaming livestreams.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 17 June 2024
  • In March, a man was shot in the head with his own gun after a brawl in a packed subway car.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 June 2024
  • All the kids eat the same meal, and packed lunches are forbidden.
    Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • 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
  • The tent packs down to just 6 inches wide and the packed poles are only 12 inches long.
    Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The footwell is so packed with its three pedals that there's nowhere to put a resting clutch foot.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The runners line up in the blocks, and the packed stadium goes silent in the seconds before the gun goes off.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 20 June 2024
  • 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
  • In a packed bag, the difference is even more pronounced.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 14 Feb. 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
  • The dusty, blue-green coins appear densely packed and piled on top of each other.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
  • The evening was an intimate kick-off to a packed weekend of events ahead of the Met Gala this Monday.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • The Copper Spur below is lighter, but with a packed weight of just under 4 pounds, the 2-person Half Dome isn't too heavy when split between two people.
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Arhaus Coburn Pit Sectional Boxy in silhouette and packed full of down and feathers, this six-piece sectional is basically a coffee clutch of love seats.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024

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