From a local review of the new movie, Revolutionary Road, based on a novel by Richard Yates:
The Wheelers are trapped in a milieu of stifling conformity, he commuting daily amid a crush of cattle in gray flannel to earn their bread, she tied tight in an apron at home, baking it.
A nicely turned sentence, I thought.
i have been avoiding this movie. You are right. That is well-stated.