imprisoned

Example Sentences

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In the decade preceding Xi, he noted, there was perhaps one such case—and even then, the official wasn’t imprisoned, but was merely stripped of privileges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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

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

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

But tragedy struck when both ships became imprisoned in ice in freezing temperatures in 1846.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

“Still, he took the time to send them. And while imprisoned by pirates, too! That’s awfully romantic, don’t you think? Do you like him, too?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood