close arrest
Example Sentences
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"Major Goddard is under close arrest and cannot leave his quarters," replied the President.
From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
It is all over town by now; and Stanton is very much censured for placing him under close arrest.
From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner
Neither was it, in his eyes, a trifle that had placed him, as he expressed it, under close arrest for the evening.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various
Reynolds had been in close arrest three days.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
"I 'm not so sure of it," murmured Trafford, sullenly; "I 'd rather go into close arrest for a week than I 'd lose this day here."
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James
