claustrophobic

He felt claustrophobic in the schooling system there, and needed to prove himself.

His sanity is slowly unraveling, like the claustrophobic narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart.

I could barely move at all without a nervous, claustrophobic feeling taking hold—which is exactly the point.

The new buildings make them feel claustrophobic, permanently in shadow.

As such, being led through the set by production designer Michael Shaw is a journey best described as “claustrophobic jubilation.”

His chains jingled and a whiff of armpit wafted across the claustrophobic hollow.