- present participle of confine.
confining
Example Sentences
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The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them promotion contenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
She stressed the dangers of confining discussion of eating disorders to weight alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scientists wanted to determine whether confining water to spaces just billionths of a meter across changes how readily this splitting occurs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Such a tight, confining space, not expansive like the ghost world.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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