incommunicado

Example Sentences

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Ray is incommunicado for a while after their first “date,” but finally he asks Colin to come over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Several rghts groups have denounced what they say is a form of incommunicado detention for Palestinian prisoners, hampering the legal defence of detainees.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

"The cardinals are completely incommunicado," said Ines San Martin of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the US.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

The mother of another Filton demonstrator was arrested under the act and held incommunicado for five days.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2025

Since Colton was incommunicado, I began chatting with a regular named Eveillard, who was born in Haiti, he said.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover