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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh n-jest |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒɛst |
Definition of congested
Origin :- 1570s, "heaped up," past participle adjective from congest. Meaning "overcrowded" is recorded from 1862.
- adj blocked, clogged
- Take the boats, nets, and so on, given to the congested districts.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- In repose, his congested face had a humorously melancholy expression.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- The thick, congested mate seemed on the point of bursting with despondency.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- A dozen playgrounds will be laid out in the congested districts.
- Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow
- In the congested districts it seems to be everyone for himself.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- It may be impossible in the congested quarters of a great city.
- Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer
- Selkirk Avenue was not then the congested district that it is to-day.
- Extract from : « Irish Ned » by Samuel Fea
- When he was carried away, his face was congested with blood, and he no longer breathed.
- Extract from : « An Eagle Flight » by Jos Rizal
- Meanwhile her face was so congested as to appear almost black.
- Extract from : « The Seven Secrets » by William Le Queux
- My muscles were congested with waste matter and evidently my brain was also.
- Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
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