pent-up

adjective

: held or kept inside : not released

The children were full of pent-up energy after the long car ride.

pent-up anger/frustration/enthusiasm/excitement

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Businesses have more supply but savings have dried up Last Black Friday and Christmas, consumers had excess savings from the pandemic and pent-up demand to truly celebrate the festivities after various lockdowns. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2023 In the meantime, businesses, especially those in the sprawling service sector, are benefiting from what still appears to be pent-up demand, likely driven by higher-income earners, after the restrictions of the pandemic. —

Bychristopher Rugaber, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023 For screenwriters, there is also pent-up demand for raises, made worse by climbing inflation. —

Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023 Adding to anger over the deaths was pent-up frustration of migrants who have spent weeks trying to make appointments on a U.S. cellphone app to file asylum claims. —

Fabiola Sánchez and Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023 Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Terrence J. McGann said Sophia Negroponte had pent-up anger issues that were made worse by her drinking. —

Dan Morse, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023 For progressives, there is pent-up hope that, after more than a decade, this election may finally free them from minority rule. —

Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023