1. past tense of bookend; to place or position something at both ends or extremes of something else

1. positioned or arranged with matching or complementary elements at both ends

Examples

• The concert was bookended by two powerful opening and closing performances.
• Her career was bookended by two major achievements at the beginning and end.
• The film has a bookended structure, with the same scene appearing at the start and finish.
• The speaker bookended her presentation with personal anecdotes.
• The season was bookended by victories in the first and last games.
• The bookended design of the room featured matching sculptures on either side.
• They bookended their vacation with visits to the same beach town.