imprison
Example Sentences
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And the truth was that the professor was either imprisoned or dead.
From Literature
So terrified of the master, so imprisoned by the poverty that drove us here that we never even try.
From Literature
When her father, René, learns she has developed a vibrant blue dye, he tries to steal it — and is then imprisoned for treason by the dyers’ guild.
From Los Angeles Times
The Kurds are a great people divided into four entities, imprisoned in four different states: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
For her, too, the struggle was personal—her mother is a well-known activist who spent many years imprisoned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
