imprisoned

Example Sentences

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What started as a way to avoid paying bus fares for 6-year-old Narbé became the way to fool guards at prison, where only the small children were allowed to physically touch their imprisoned loved ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Then he got in another brawl, was imprisoned in Fort St. Angelo, escaped, and was formally expelled by the Order—the recorded language is “like a rotten and fetid limb.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Almost 2,000 people were imprisoned on charges of cannibalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The man is now believed to be imprisoned in the Middle East, they added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

The tinder was still charred on one side from where Frank had used it to burn through the icy chains that had imprisoned the god Thanatos in Alaska.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan