Examples of 'were holed up' in a sentence

Meaning of "were holed up"

Refers to being in seclusion or hiding in a specific location, often due to fear or to avoid detection. It implies a temporary situation where someone or a group of people isolate themselves from the outside world

How to use "were holed up" in a sentence

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were holed up
Me and your father were holed up in a motel somewhere.
We were holed up at a place that had a working radio.
I thought they were holed up in kansas.
We were holed up in a labor camp working for a powder mill.
The people were holed up inside.
See if you can figure out where those guys were holed up.
Place they were holed up in was surrounded by the dead.
I did not know you were holed up here.
They were holed up in the wall with the body.
This is where they were holed up.
They were holed up at a motor court.
Pilots also engaged a building where retreating insurgents were holed up.
Thought you were holed up in the mansion.
It fired several rounds toward a large building where suspected loyalists were holed up.
We were holed up in that house playing happy family.

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I can not believe you were holed up here the whole time.
The militants then proceeded to a nearby trailer where the remaining soldiers were holed up.
They were holed up in that farmhouse.
I was hoping maybe you could tell me where Eddy and his crew were holed up.
They were holed up out here.
They also laid siege to Cuernavaca where a small contingent of federal troops were holed up.
Heard you were holed up in a hotel.
She told me where I could find that farmhouse they were holed up in.
If you were holed up somewhere.
My guess is Liz and Ressler were holed up inside.
They were holed up in a house in Adegem and refused to give themselves up.
Information filtered to Sheriff Adams that the Confederates were holed up in a shack near Almaden.
The Apaches were holed up on that hellhole reservation at San Carlos.
Do you rember that little farmhouse we were holed up in?
Remember when we were holed up in here before?
We were holed up in the house all day, every day.
He was the leader of the Holloway kids, who were holed up.
My family … we were holed up about forty miles north of here.
Serbia? Do you rember that little farmhouse we were holed up in?
We were holed up in that house playing happy family for weeks!
I can not believe you were holed up here the whole time . Josh.
These were holed up in Bait al Fitni with ammunition, inaccessible to the Wahhabis ' approach.
We knew Spike and Sam were holed up in their father 's ranch.
They were holed up at a motor court outside of Newhall, end of December.
They were, uh … they were holed up in a warehouse.
They were holed up like owls, now you will see how they bite us.
Were under attack! Were holed up inside.
And you were holed up in your snow-tress of solitude.
The sacred land members were holed up within the sacred land 's great formation.
Were holed up in their father 's ranch.
Bring it up, Eric . We were holed up in the house all day, every day.
We were holed up in that little flat, half the world 's press on our doorstep.
Um … my family, um … we were holed up about forty miles north of here.
We were holed up in? Do you remember that little farmhouse Serbia?
They were holed up underground, Sátur.

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A group of hoodlums was holed up in a nearby resort hotel
Holed up in his place with his heartache
They must be holed up in the city somewhere
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