immurement

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Like Jack, who struggles to move beyond immurement in his tech world and make human contact with Sally, De Palma has encountered a similar challenge in his own life.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2017

Our peregrinations made it very clear that Carcassonne was impregnable; it is impossible to imagine, without having seen them, such refinements of immurement, such ingenuities of resistance.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and immurement are both painful.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

How delicious is that refreshing breeze after his terrible immurement!

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

Her face was very pale, as if from long immurement, and her eyes were no more merry.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John